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in for asylum* The anemone appeared to give him no trouble, but the pis- 
tol shrimp inhabitants immediately booted him out. Sometimes he would 
snuggle under the protecting fringes of the anemone, hoping not to be 
noticed, but always the resident shrimps would find him and run him off. 
It appears that anemones do not give intruders as much trouble as the animals 
that associate with them. 
I'^ile I was busy with the anemone and shrimps Tom began dismantling 
the shooting pen. Yflien I had finished he had all of the individual frames 
lying out on the grass ready to be taken to shore. 
August 16. 
Good sun this morning, and light breeze. I had repaired the camera 
cable last night, so we were ready again for big business, headed for the 
reef shortly after nine, and all things operated for a change. YIe had some 
mojara minnows along, and recorded the behavior of the reef fish to strange 
minnows — disasterous for the strangers. All of the reef fish in sight 
piled onto them instantly, although they were as hale and hearty as any of 
the fish of similar size living in the area. No hospitality at all. 
Later we held a boxer shrimp several feet off the bottom and released 
him to see if fish refuse to eat cleaners only at their cleaning stations. 
When Tom dropped the first one all of the yellowtails rushed up to it as 
though they were about to tear it to bits -- and then stopped a few inches 
short and all followed it as it sailed down through the water. And not a 
yellowtail touched it. But the Nassau grouper saw what was going on and 
