Huber, Lawrence N., 1963-1966
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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.