Dude, Can't You See I'm Eating?

Grand Cayman Island, 2001

This image was created on the very first dive that I owned a camera. I had bought a camera in Grand Cayman, and took a class at the dive shop that I bought it from. While teaching me how to use the camera my instructor and I came upon this turtle eating a sponge. The turtle was very content and did not mind us and others taking its picture. When we got to the surface my instructor told me that sponges have a narcotic effect on turtles. Or more to the point like a human smoking marijuana! Maybe that explains why that turtle was so chill!

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