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| A spectacular fish behavior I’d heard about but never seen occurs when a school of
barracuda wraps itself in a circle and starts chasing its own tail. Mary Island is known for
its barracuda schools, and there were plenty, but they were strung out in boring old
straight lines. Toward the end of the trip, at Anemone Point, Minjanga Island, I had about given up.
Betty and I were poking around at the top of a wall at the end of a
dive when she spotted something out in the blue water. I couldn’t see what it was, but it
was obvious that she was excited about it, so I took off in that direction. After a while I
saw the school, spinning slowly and majestically about 30 feet under the surface. I headed
down so I could get the sun in the picture, and you can see the result. Nikonos III, 15mm lens, f/8, 1/60, Kodak Royal Gold 100. |
