Old Grumpy is at it again!

One of the great things about this job is, getting the opportunity to dive in the same area repeatedly over a period of years. As a videographer, and a marine life fanatic, I pay very close attention to the animals I see and the behavior they display. Through this I have learned a lot about marine life behavior such as butterfly fish stay with the same mate and live in the same area year after year. I have also learned that some green sea turtles are not as nice as we might think. The males seem to be more aggressive than the females, and the larger males will defend their sleeping spot from anything
One such turtle I have come to call "Grumpy" because he seems to bite anything he can get his mouth on. He lives around the area of the YO/San Pedro and Turtle Canyon although I have seen him on the Sea Tiger once before. I have witnessed him bite at other turtles, fish, divers, and now a video camera!
Here is a video from last week shot at Turtle Canyon.