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>     By the way, does anyone now if Loggerhead turtles are aggressive? One
got 
> nose to nose with Bill Mee yesterday. I always thought they were afraid,
but 
> this one let us stay with him. 
> 

There's one in the Boynton/Palm Beach area with one flipper missing that
came after me aggressively, biting my fins.  I almost drowned from laughing
my ass off.  I thought he might be trying to mate with me.  I don't look
like a homosexual turtle but I thought, 'maybe he's almost blind, too'.  I
put the butt of my speargun on his shell and spun him like a big frisbee
about ten times before he finally gave up.  I also swam over and got him
interested in my buddy so I wouldn't be accused of refusing to share the fun
.

The way I hear it, some geniuses have been feeding him and he now chases
divers expecting a handout.

tj
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