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  • Nº140 # Date: 2000-03-06 - 10:00
  • # Max Depth: 12m Duration: 41mins
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big (2m) nurse shark out in the open, circling around;
big green moray came out to greet me at 1 feet of my face

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  • Dive type : Recreational, Reef
  • Water: Salt
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Ginglymostoma cirratum (Bonnaterre, 1788) (Nurse shark) During the day the nurse shark is a sluggish animal, spending most of its time resting on sandy bottoms, or in crevices in rocks and coral reefs. Often several nurse sharks may congregate when resting, sometimes even pili...
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Gymnothorax funebris Ranzani, 1839 (Green cong) A benthic and solitary species occurring along rocky shorelines, reefs, and mangroves .Usually found shallower than 30 m . Due to its large size and aggressiveness, the bites of this moray are particularly dangerous . F...
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