{"id":18525,"date":"2016-04-19T06:00:14","date_gmt":"2016-04-19T13:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/?p=18525"},"modified":"2016-04-19T11:17:22","modified_gmt":"2016-04-19T18:17:22","slug":"more-sea-life-from-the-glass-bottom-boat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/18525","title":{"rendered":"More Sea Life from the Glass Bottom Boat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sea life in Bora Bora could be observed not only swimming past\u00c2\u00a0the glass panels in the bottom of the boat, but also swimming beside the boat and in the water itself. The boat made two stops, one to see the sharks (Black-Tip Reef Sharks and Lemon Sharks) and one to see the stingrays (and other fishes). The stingrays I observed were Pink Whiprays. Among the fish I saw were Convict Tangs and Latticed Sandperches.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18526\" style=\"width: 1810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Black-Tip-Shark.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18526\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18526\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Black-Tip-Shark.jpg\" alt=\"Black-Tip Reef Sharks\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Black-Tip-Shark.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Black-Tip-Shark-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Black-Tip-Shark-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Black-Tip-Shark-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-18526\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Black-Tip Reef Sharks (<em>Carcharhinus melanopterus<\/em>)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>SOURCE: Black-Tip Reef Sharks (<em>Carcharhinus melanopterus<\/em>) (Bora Bora, French Polynesia); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 05 April 2016.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18530\" style=\"width: 1810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Pink-Whipray-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18530\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18530\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Pink-Whipray-2.jpg\" alt=\"Pink Whipray\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Pink-Whipray-2.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Pink-Whipray-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Pink-Whipray-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Pink-Whipray-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-18530\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pink Whipray (<em>Himantura fai<\/em>)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>SOURCE: Pink Whipray (<em>Himantura fai<\/em>)\u00c2\u00a0(Bora Bora, French Polynesia); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 05 April 2016<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18527\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Convict-Tang.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18527\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18527\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Convict-Tang.jpg\" alt=\"Convict Tang\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Convict-Tang.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Convict-Tang-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Convict-Tang-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Convict-Tang-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-18527\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Convict Tang (<em>Acanthurus triostegus<\/em>)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>SOURCE: Convict Tang (<em>Acanthurus triostegus<\/em>)\u00c2\u00a0(Bora Bora, French Polynesia); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 05 April 2016<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18528\" style=\"width: 1810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Latticed-Sandperch.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18528\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18528\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Latticed-Sandperch.jpg\" alt=\"Latticed Sandperch\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Latticed-Sandperch.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Latticed-Sandperch-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Latticed-Sandperch-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Latticed-Sandperch-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-18528\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Latticed Sandperch (<em>Parapercis clathrata<\/em>)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>SOURCE: Latticed Sandperch (<em>Parapercis clathrata<\/em>)\u00c2\u00a0(Bora Bora, French Polynesia); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 05 April 2016<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Copyright \u00a9 2016 by Stephen J. Danko<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sea life in Bora Bora could be observed not only swimming past\u00c2\u00a0the glass panels in the bottom of the boat, but also swimming beside the boat and in the water itself. 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