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I'm exploring the Pacific Northwest for about a week and I started off with two cold water dives yesterday.  These were my first cold water dives and they were fantastic! The fauna is so different from what I saw in Hawaii.  The most memorable parts of the dive were the towers of beautiful metridium anemones and the lingcod we found trying to feast on an octopus! The octopus was still alive and definitely fighting back, wrapping its arms though the gills of the lingcod.  Please forgive my terrible videography, I'm still learning how to use my GoPro.

Dr. Teeth sings ODB Shimmy Shimmy Ya

Pretty sure, I've posted this before, but it's worth another watch.

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Spanish Dancer

Here is a video of a spanish dancer that my friend and I encountered in the shallows of Lanikai Beach. A spanish dancer is a large nudibranch that can undulate in the water to move from place to place.  The movement of the swimming is said to be reminiscent of a flamenco dancer, hence the name spanish dancer.

So cool!