SHADES OF JURASSIC PARK.................................

They look and behave just like acting 'Dockmasters'...........(full of themselves).......They sit on the edge of the breakwater wall staring at you as you go past in the dinghy, and give you that look that says " Have you paid ?........" and when you get quite close, certainly within 3 feet (1m), they do this mad dash, a double somersault with a twist, and dive into the water, swim to the bottom and then race along underwater at an incredible speed, to emerge somewhere in the mangroves or up another wall.............with a "Did you see me do that awesome dive?".....



We fed one of the iguanas an over-ripe and very wet banana, and after first lifting his (or her,it's still hard to tell) nose in the air, he/she got into it with a vengeance............Wet banana everywhere...............We had to rescue the remnants and feed him/her some more........... It's easy to see how they can easily become domesticated....................They certainly are a work of art, in colour, design and sheer beauty....................Do a double-click on the photos to show you the finesse and finery...........



These iguanas have very extensive neck frills, top and bottom................ We have those too................. Check out the water line on ARITA...............A nice green frill line, notwithstanding that we scrape it every week but with water temperatures in the 80s, the algae grows at an incredible rate...........Perhaps we are in Jurassic Park................A park with a twist (or a twister), because the five day weather prediction shows the birth of a hurricane that's heading past us on its way North-West............... Marvelous technology, that allows us to see what's coming five days in advance, with three hour interval updates, showing cloud cover, rainfall, wind speed, wind direction and barometric pressure gradients and the circular low-pressure that marks the beginning of a 'Big one'............... Note the bottom photo is dated the 25th.............but today is only the 20th...........



Now which is the lure and which is the real squid?......... Both were on deck but one of them must have jumped four feet (1.5m) on a calm night to get there ........... How high would you jump if 'Jaws' was after you?............