Matt,
I am getting the majority of the photos ready to post. Here is an interesting one I took while snorkeling off the Antilles wreck.
This is the Aruban Orange Striped Cheek Fish. When I first saw it, I thought it was 2 beautifully shaped pieces of brain coral. I reached out to touch it and found that it was smooth and soft, not like brain coral at all. That is when I noticed the extremely thin orange stripe running down the center. As it turns out, this is a very dangerous fish. It immediately clawed me, then nearly hit me with one of it's huge flippers while trying to escape.
Too bad it is so skittish. I only wanted to pet it.
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