Predators

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Definitely a preditor, and he has his eye on something, a Barracuda.  Massively strong, see how thick his body is, all muscle.  When they hunt, they settle to near the bottom, and dress up in camouflage colors.  They don't move until the time is right, and then they charge forward with such a lightning strike that you cannot see them go, they simply disappear.  Hard to believe unless you've seen it happen.  No, they don't zip away, they are simply there, then they are not there.
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Two more predators, but only frightening to a critter one millimeter big!  A Goldspot Goby in front, and a Bridaled Goby in back.  Funny how they sit on the bottom.  You normally think of fish as swimming around.





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And a mix of critters that eat.  I guess anything is a predator if it eats!











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Must a predator move around in order to eat?  This purple bush-looking thing is an animal, a coral, a 'colony' for lack of a better word, of polyps functioning as one individual.  A Sea Whip of some sort, I'd have to memorize the descriptions and look closely, or be lucky and get clear close up photos.  The polyps extend from the edges of the flat blades of the branches.  for food, they grab whatever they can that floats close enough.

Animals that look like bushes and trees, but are slow growing and so delicate that a slight touch by a human can cause injury.  This one could be forty years old, or more.

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