to address what some of you mentioned:
1.) I forgot my dive camera!!!!!!
2.) I don't have a spear gun yet (planning on gettting one for my birthday in a month)
I believe there is no doubt the ones in the Bahamas are from the same escaped fish. think about it... the bahamas is only like 300 miles from floridas coast. they have already made it all the way up to New York which is 4 -5 times further then that!
There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that they are going to be big news in the future. I am sure they are taking a toll on the grouper species, because they hang out in the same areas of the reef as the grouper! From what I saw they tend to stay on on the edge of the ship, and under things.
The thought of them being at the beach is EXTREMELY disturbing. The reason I say this is they have no fear off humans at all whatsoever. I was literally inches away from them and they had NO interest in moving. I shined my light in their eyes, and even poked one with my blunt point dive knife! It scooted over maybe 2 inches and then just sat there and looked at me with all its spikes stuck out in the attack position!
As one of the greatest lovers of the ocean and beach in this world, there is no way I would ever step foot in a beach where these things are hanging out in the waves. If you stepped on one you would be seriously injured, and to make things much worse, It probably would only scoot away a few inches making it likely to be stepped on again on the way out while screaming in pain... Oh yeah, and where there is one there is 20.
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