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Vw put our quoen trigger and some yellow tails into the pen that 
encloses the annulata and the cleaning shrimp. The yellov/ tails went wild, 
but the trigger turned the strange mottled color triggers assume when they 
are frightened, and just settled in the middle of the cage — unfortunately 
not near the cleaner. By tomorrow maybe the picture will have changed, 
Vfatohed the Yucatanicus again. Still no sign of his doing any cleaning, 
although many fish — mostly conies and squirrels — moved up to him and 
apparently waited for a job* Developed film again in the evening, 
July 18, 
Late to the reef for having spent time trying to latch onto a large 
spotted mo ray. The ones the boys have been able to pick up in the shallow 
bay area are too small to have any self-confidence with our octopus, I *m 
afraid, Chris and Jim loo8.ted a large one at our shooting location of last 
year and 1 went down to try to "wheedle the beast out into the open where I 
could get a net on him, I offered fish as an inducement. He would take a 
chunk “ in fact he took many chunks -- but would stay well back in his 
hole. Much too wise for his years. After an hour of this I gave up. He 
was only vaguely interested in food — or had eaten a big meal prior to my 
coming — and he was living in a tunnelled rock too extensive to give me a 
chance to poke him out. 
Went on out to the shooting area, tailing Chris and Jim to stick with 
the moray situation until we had something. Our hawksbill was on the reef. 
