DUMPED COOLER of BAIT in OCEAN... Let's See What Comes! 

I’m truly* not trying lol

It's a phenomenon called bleaching. The coral is actually dying. We have that happening in the Caribbean also. While we generally think it's not a good thing, I hope it's only for a short period but I'm not holding my breath. We all need to help take care of our planet.

Those are encrusting soft coral Palythoa caribaeorum. The brown comes from the zooxanthellae living within the coral cells, and they give the coral nutrients as well as shade. The white is the result of the zooxanthellae having been purged mainly due to stress, such as temps or water quality. The good news is that they are soft corals that are much more tolerable to zooxanthellae loss than stony coral. I would anticipate nearly 100% recovery within a year. If the coral were dead, it would not be there as it would dissolve, unlike stony corals that would have the skeleton remaining.

I first read that with an i instead of am L

It dos mean it is dying but since it’s late in the season an not breaking apart there’s still hope that the water goes cold an Algae comes back an fish are around it has a fighting chance

That’s exactly how I feel. You are not afraid of sharks?

If the sharks are fed they don't want you

@@tanyahale1186 and hey what's the point in being scared if That's in Gods plans for you let it happen cause his plan is perfect

Not that he wants it to happen but you Know there's a greater cause 😮

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Definitely not a four saddle. They are found in the Indo-Pacific region. Not the Atlantic

@@t-bonejones3576 so they are indeed rock hind groupers.

Yea and the boat prop probably chops them up into a bunch of pieces and then you swim through it Glad you’re liking it! I bring it everywhere with me lol

As kids surfing in NC the trawlers would run through huge groups of jellyfish (called a Smack, by the way - not a school) and the nets would break them up…then the nematocysts (stingers) would be everywhere. They would collect at the edge of our boardshorts and our thighs and waists would be lit up, bumpy and burning. And yes, they collect in your groin too. Or they’d flush into our rash guards and fire on your chest or armpits when you laid to paddle. It suuuucked. Getting out for an hour or so was the only solution. Another fun fact, urine does very little to ease the sting…vinegar works much better. We were told to scrape the area with sand, but we learned over the years that just caused more stingers to fire venom. Pluck them out individually if you can. The last tip - lay a towel over the area and pour on the hottest water you can tolerate…just like for stingray hits (soak the area in very hot water). The hot water breaks down the proteins and eases the pain quickly, plus the burn of the hot water masks the burn of the stings. But be warned, if you paddle back out and there are any unfired nematocysts they will fire if the water is cool…but it’s usually less potent and painful. When the smacks of cabbage-head jellies came thru the lineup, they don’t really sting…so we’d throw them at each other!

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Made the mistake of holding one with bare hands. I was too excited and wanted to show my ole man lol... A bloody mess!