4 kinds of pufferfish from the Red Sea

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4 kinds of pufferfish from the Red Sea

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here is a clip from our vacation to Egypt this april, starring 4 kinds of pufferfish:



Puffer #1: Whitespotted puffer (Arothron hispidus)
Puffer #2: Pearl toby (Canthigaster margaritata)
Puffer #3: Giant pufferfish, juvenile (Arothron stellatus)
Puffer #4: Masked puffer (Arothron diadematus)
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Very cool :thumb:
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I love seeing puffs in the wild, very cool :)

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Beautiful puffers! The last one reminded me of a raccoon. :lol:
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Great video...
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sweet puffs....Unusual music, i was waitin for something like in a horror flick
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Super cool!! And you didn't tank any home because....??
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NIce

very cool,thanks for sharing.
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glad you liked it :)

seeing puffers in the wild is amazing. our first day at the beach we saw the Masked Puffer - and the holiday was complete. later we saw some Tobys in shallow waters, small and very beautiful puffers :)

seeing the juvenile Stellatus was the highlight of the vacation. my girlfriend was swimming in to the beach to get out and se saw something small in shallow waters, 10-15 m from shore, depth about 1 m. the Stellatus was hunting for snails and clams and did not mind us following it.
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Absolutely awesome. You had some quality time with those puffs! I'd love to dive the Red Sea sometime. Thanks so much for sharing.
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