{"id":9329,"date":"2013-06-30T01:00:44","date_gmt":"2013-06-30T11:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/?p=9329"},"modified":"2013-06-09T20:05:20","modified_gmt":"2013-06-10T06:05:20","slug":"postcard-from-the-reef-barracuda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/?p=9329","title":{"rendered":"Postcard from the Reef &#8211; Barracuda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I did not see them coming.  Sweeping in from above and behind I saw them come over the top.  With a kick upwards I was in the school, surrounded by beautiful silver fish.  A large school of Heller&#8217;s barracuda!<\/p>\n<p>These fish feed at night, spending the day hanging out in large schools over the reef.  Even resting they move with graceful speed.  I attempt to stay in the school for a while, shooting as I go.  I am soon out of breath, sucking air from the tank, worth the effort for such a sight!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9307\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9307\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=9307\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9307\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/CF38-76-13132-DC-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Heller&#039;s Barracuda\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/CF38-76-13132-DC-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/CF38-76-13132-DC.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9307\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amongst a school of Heller&#8217;s Barracuda (Sphyraena helleri)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I did not see them coming. Sweeping in from above and behind I saw them come over the top. With a kick upwards I was in the school, surrounded by beautiful silver fish. A large school of Heller&#8217;s barracuda! These fish feed at night, spending the day hanging out in large schools over the reef. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/?p=9329\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Postcard from the Reef &#8211; Barracuda&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,23],"tags":[1078,1079,1081,98,37,1080],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9329"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9329"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9793,"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9329\/revisions\/9793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}