John Rawlings wrote:A great experience, Tom!
Probably a male....we're getting into "walk-about" season now. The big males in the last period of their lives have a tendency to come out in the open, even during daylight hours, and cruise around exploring their world. Roland Anderson told me once that he refers to this as "going on walk-about" (from the old "Crocodile Dundee" movie). He liked to think of it as what the big males do as they approach their end in an effort to enjoy life more and investigate things before they kick the bucket! To me it would be kind of an octopus version of the movie, the "Bucket Club".
They often do this in bachelor groups, and you can occasionally see them in groups of 2 or 3.
- John
Thanks John! I guess I had someplace in my brain that there was a huge size differential with the females and males, as there is in other species. Interesting to know that is NOT the case.
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Walk About"! How cool is that?! Love the Crocodile Dundee reference! And as long as that GPO doesn't whip out a weapon "That's not a knife, THIS is a knife!" Is the other movie you referenced the "Bucket LIST?" Saw it, and loved it...
I think I've heard you "techie boys" (sorry, that's what an attendant called Sounder and I when we were entering Bari Reef in Bonaire with long hoses and slung 30's and 40's for a night dive) talk about seeing large GPO's in the open on very deep dives. Unlike Sounder and I, there are some REAL "techie boys" (yourself included of course) on this board... I'd be interested in knowing if that is actually true.
Chenari wrote:I don't know whether to worship you;
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; Or hate you;
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; Lol. Great pics, Tom Nic. Awesome find.
And please! ...don't hate me or worship me, it was just a dumb luck accident! Now, if it's my 5th & 6th dive and I photograph a Pacific Spiny Lumpsucker or three, a couple of Six Gills, and a big GPO out in the open, THEN hate me!
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Heck if that happened the person should either be forbidden to dive anymore or else required to be MY dive buddy from then on out!!
And thanks for the other kind words...