Duelling crayfish and agro wobby

 Had a dive on thursday and saw 2 big crays having a brawl. I filmed them for about a minute before they decided I was too close and they took off. 

Also had a little wobby swim over my sharkshield and opened its mouth right up and then swam past my buddy .

Last year in the same place I had one about the same size come from behind me and brush against me as it went past.

Crap quality pics as taken from gopro video.

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No reaction from the wobby to the shark shield

Sat, 2017-11-25 19:17

I take it the wobby couldn't care less about the shark shield then, to me that's a bit strange.

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ampules of lorenzini

Sat, 2017-11-25 19:29

 Wobbies are not really affected by shark shields as they do not have ampules of lorenzini which are the black dots around the chin of conventional sharks. These are what makes them sensitive to electric fields. Years ago I saw a really big wobby sitting on the bottom and I swam above it and dangled the shark shield lead on top of it. It stayed there and did like a convulsion each time the shield pulsed. Other fish such as dhuies are not affected by them. ach time the shield pulsed.

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A little ray of sunshine?

Sun, 2017-11-26 06:15

Yeh and dirty big black stingrays dont seem to react either , prob as crano says , thats not what the shields target,

great pics of the dueling crayfish , ( CRAY 1)  '' YOU SIR ARE A BLAGGARD AND A THIEF , AND YOU HAVE A SOFT SHELL!

                                                  ( CRAY 2) " TAKE THAT BACK YOU SON OF A FEMALE IN SETOSE!

 

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 Great pics again. Do you use

Sat, 2017-11-25 20:08

 Great pics again. Do you use a red filter on your GoPro Crano?

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 you do know you could have

Sat, 2017-11-25 20:09

 you do know you could have solved the argument sooner with a snare . would have been interesting to watch tho

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No filter

Sat, 2017-11-25 20:28

 Tried one but it was way too strong.

Faulkners  Plenty much bigger than these two.

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 Wicked photos crano. Thanks

Sat, 2017-11-25 20:28

 Wicked photos crano. Thanks for sharing

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 Was your shark shield on,

Sun, 2017-11-26 08:01

 Was your shark shield on, seems that this little fella got a bit close before reacting??

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Full video

Sun, 2017-11-26 08:54

 where's the full video Crano.

Your dive spots are the ones I dream of and always great to see- even if it is only via video.

 

cheers

 

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Tom M

Sun, 2017-11-26 19:05

 The shield was on and the wobby actually jumped and opened its mouth as it went over the top of it