Creatures of the Ledge

Lobster are typical creatures of the ledge and crevice system here.

A healthy reef system has lots of these little cleaner stations. To find the shrimp, look for ledges on the lee side of the current, and for large fish hanging motionless right by the ledge. If you approach slowly without scaring the fish (try appearing disinterested to them- -fish frequently know when they are being looked at), you may get close enough to see the small cleaner shrimp at their station.

Once you have found them, you realize these tiny creatures are really quite fearless.

Many Shrimp live synergistically with Anemones....

You will find that most cleaner shrimp are willing to walk right up onto your hand, if coaxed properly...Or into the mouth of a huge fish hundreds of times its own size.

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