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Around Bermuda, lionfish are being studied by divers wearing rebreathers. They need this specialized gear to be able to descend to 200' and have time to stay down long enough to study them more closely. CNN shared the story in today's news:

http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/18/tech/i...tic-linendoll/

While diving last month, Jessica shots this video of a lionfish being taken out by one of our dive party. Lionfish lay 30,000 eggs or more at a time, and devour as many fish as will fill their mouth and belly.



With no natural predators in the Atlantic, their growing population has gotten out of control quickly. Hopefully others will do what they can to reduce their numbers. I did my part as well. He was tasty.