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Journal
Feb 10 Biwiti
Banded # 17 Blue faced boobies, 3 warwing tattlers
1 Golden plover, 8 Ruddy turnstone, 5 Grayback
turns. 6 Brown boobies. Night
Saw a huge sea turtle underwater yesterday. I seemed
to fly through the water. Also saw a barracuda
and two types of sharks. One shark was either
aggressive or very curious. It followed me
all the way to shore circling all the way.
The circling itself doesn't bother me too
much normally but when the circle has a
four foot radius I get worried. Sharks are
really impressive animals. This one
would look like it was leaving and
when it got about 50' away it would
start swimming directly toward me
and wouldn't change course until
about 4 feet away. After doing this
a couple of times it impressed me
so much I decided to leave. The other
type of shark was the common sand shark.
It was it very aggressive and sometimes
was downright chicken. There was
a noticeable change in his attitude
when the other shark came's. Each
shark seemed to give the other confidence.
The barracuda was like some one I've
ever seen underwater both ~~
shot away ~~ upon seeing me.