Tropical Zone Gardening: Underwater Gardens #6, 1 by lourspolaire

lourspolaire wrote:
It sits there, looking like its surroundings (red coral) because it waits for its prey to come within an inch of its "nose" so it can suck it in whole and eat it. Actually, it will eat anything that will fit in its cavernous mouth. It happens in a fraction of a fragment of an instant. The observer, the prey is there and it's gone. To the fish, it's gulp, delicious... next! The only part of the fish that moves is its mouth. Many fish who feed this way use this same mechanism with great success.

Here's another parrotfish by the snorkeling trail marker at Trunk Bay (St.Johns, USVI). I never noticed until right now but everywhere I went, I saw parrotfish: epiphany for me, this morning.

Be good, everyone.
Sylvain.