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Our snorkeling beach is just a few miles south of Kailua on the Kona coast.
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Kahaluu Beach is okay for sunning, but the real sights are out there in the...
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A sign on the beach offers good advice to all of us: protect the...
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More good advice, this time in Japanese. There are green turtles here,...
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Even before we went in, we noticed a number of people looking intently at...
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They were watching a green sea turtle just below the water's surface.
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The sea turtle was feeding on algae on those rocks in the shallow water.
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If he would just go out a little deeper , he'd be in clearer waters and...
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It gave me a look of disdain, and continued to feed in the shallows. I'll...
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Parrotfish are named for their beaklike mouths. They use their strong jaws to...
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A yellow tang.
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An orangeband surgeonfish.
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A pufferfish slowly moved by, checking me out as I swam through its territory.
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When it's threatened by a predator, this fellow can suck in lots of water...
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A convict tang.
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A triggerfish. If attacked by a larger fish, it can erect a dorsal spine and...
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A moorish idol. Around these islands, it's also called a kihikihi.
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Another yellow tang.
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I think this is a surgeonfish. A very colorful surgeonfish.
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This striped beauty is a sailfin tang, so named because it can raise...
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This is a Picasso , or reef triggerfish, the national fish of Hawaii....
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A good looking shirt featuring the state fish.
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A crowd of three tangs. Well, I think they're tangs.
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Sunlight brings out the beautiful blue markings on this tang.
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This puffer seemed as interested in me as I was in it. Do not eat this...
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