Puffers in the wild!

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Puff8
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Puffers in the wild!

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Some Snaps from my last diving holiday
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Where were these taken?
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I saw one of these for £120 in london. It's actually a boxfish

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Oh right a box fish hmmm thanks for the identification. These were in the Maldives the reef of Bandos Island
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So cool! My friend went diving once but I've never been. She said it was incredible and got a couple of shots of a tiny great white shark! It sounds like so much fun!

The pictures are great, I love seeing these beautiful fish in their natural habitat <3
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Oh I do love boxfishy lips!!!!!
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Very nice pictures!
It's a crayfish! It's a snail! It's a... ah who cares?
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Thanks very much, I love diving and the yellow puffer was about a foot or so long munching on the corals. I actually free dive though I dont use equipment I find its a bit claustrophobic with all that kit!
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Puff8 wrote:Thanks very much, I love diving and the yellow puffer was about a foot or so long munching on the corals. I actually free dive though I dont use equipment I find its a bit claustrophobic with all that kit!
I freedive too, was practicing in the Redsea with some Egyptian Navy Seal, he taught me diving and breathing techniques while free diving. I got down to about 13 Metres :D
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You guys are very fortunate to get the privilege of seeing these fish in the wild. I've scuba dived once, but it was in a bay close to home. Didn't really see anything interesting.
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