The hunt!

One of the things on our bucket list has been to see the many kinds of fish which live in far-off places like the Great Barrier reef, Palau and the Maldives Islands. We never expected that we'd see one of the most exotic creatures in the ocean here in Cozumel. Yes, lionfish have invaded the reefs off Cozumel. There's a great deal of concern as these fish are voracious eaters with no natural enemies here. They propogate like mosquitoes! The underwater park authorities have OK'd their capture and have said it's fine to kill them. Today Peggy and some freinds went on a scuba/snorkel hunt for the critters just north of town. They found two. They caught one and it'll go into a a glass bowl at a local diveshop. All of the shops seem to have one or two on display now. We'll try and take on every dive a goody bag or something to snag the beautiful but nasty creatures! In Cedaredge, it's grasshoppers, in Mexico, the lionfish. Stay tuned for the body count.