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these needle-nosed guys are always right near the surface. you can't see them from above the water so it's disconcerting to stick your face in the water and immediately see these foot-long fish!

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brushing off?

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looking back at the beach.

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these silver and blue fish are Bill's favorite. it's exciting when a school of them whooshes past you all at once.

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a handsome-lookin' grouper.

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yikes, lookout!

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a serious looking barracuda!

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lots of fish

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lots of fish (including that barracuda) under a ledge where the tide flows in and out.

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happy fish.

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ready to dive!

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This pelican dove down right next to Bill (who was snorkeling) and caught a fish!

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then the pelican flew away.

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Suzanne spotted this enormous stingray. It's body was probably 4 feet across and the stinger seemed REALLY long.

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with an eye like that, you could tell it meant business.

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floating around.

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shells

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a gathering of conchs. there were hundreds, perhaps thousands of them.

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and nearby, there were multiple sea turtles resting on the bottom and eating sea grass

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swimming with the fish that eat algae off the turtle's shell

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