is on<5 Gleaning job, and that not a very enthusiastic one. A gray snapper 
sidled up to the anemone, and keeping close to it allowed the cleaner to 
work on his one unoxposed side. Perhaps if we put some fish in the pan who 
have nothing to keep them busy they will have more time for primping. 
Found a spotted shrimp in one of the anemones that closes when food 
touches it. The shrimp looked like a Yucatanicus. I watched it for an 
hour or more, and although many fish hung next to it as though they expected 
to bo cleaned the shrimp gave them no mind at all. He was almost invisible 
inside the anemone — which did not close v/hen he walked around on the inside 
of it. I found, however, that he was careful to stay on the outside when- 
ever it did close. This gave me an opportunity for some clear pictures 
I hoj^e. 
While I was putting small scraps of fish down for the anemone I 
noticed an eel’s head a few inches away — watching the whole proceeding 
with great interest. I dropped a larger piece in his direction. Several 
squirrel fish dove for it. And suddenly the eel had one of them across the 
middle, so quickly that it was almost impossible to follow his move. The 
fish was there, then it was crosswise in his mouth with his teeth going into 
it. And then it and the eel had vanished into the reef. One second, pos- 
sibly less. Tragedies come quickly. 
July 17. 
Cloudy day. An easterly wave in from Trinidad way, and the air murky 
