I think most of us are familiar with the group of fish called remoras or sharksuckers. Anyone who has watched Jacques Cousteau has seen these fish that have a suction cup attached to their head. Typically they attach themselves to larger marine animals such as sharks, whales, turtles and such. In addition to a free ride, these fish scavenge anything edible left behind by their host.
If you don't know about remoras click on this link.
Tracey and I were shocked to see this lonely looking remora swim up to us during a dive. At first it was very exciting - we had rarely seen remoras unless occasionally attached to some other fish - until it dawned on me what it wanted... a free ride and a host!Luckily it considered its options and decided to turn away and look for something better. Turns out something better was our dive partner Paul. For some reason it took one look at him and fell in love.
Paul knew something was wrong. Tracey and I were pointing and laughing and taking lots of pictures.
He felt something near him but no matter how much he swatted the unknown pest away it seemed to come back - sometimes in unfortunate locations!
Finally the dive ended and we could let him in on the joke.Guanaja, Bay Islands, Honduras, Feb/March 2009
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