Twenty Years Ago, Wednesday, May 1, 1996: Anaho, Marquessas
LOG: Another reef walk; snorkeling.
CHASING SUNSETS: p 42, Ryan (age 8) “‘Dad gave me our fish spear and I was picking around in the tide pools when I saw a flash of green behind a rock. It was a five-pound parrot fish. I jabbed it with the spear, which bounced off the big scales, but the fish jumped out of the pool onto the coral and I speared it. Everyone was amazed. It was only later when I told how I really caught it.’
Taking the dinghy back through the passage in the reef, we noticed a man knee-deep in water catching fish on the incoming tide, killing each with a quick bite just behind the eyes. As we watched, fascinated, he caught a small octopus, dispatched it in the same fashion and held it out to us. He seemed surprised when we turned it down, but we had just spent the low tide walking on the reef and watching the octopi scuttle in and out of their holes. Who eats the floor show?”
Chasing Sunsets 