{"id":36022,"date":"2026-08-24T15:58:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T19:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/world.dan.org\/?post_type=dan_alert_diver&#038;p=36022"},"modified":"2026-08-24T15:58:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T19:58:21","slug":"unusual-exit","status":"publish","type":"dan_alert_diver","link":"https:\/\/world.dan.org\/id\/alert-diver\/article\/unusual-exit\/","title":{"rendered":"Unusual Exit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Peralatan:<\/strong> Canon EOS R5 camera,&nbsp;Canon RF 14-35mm lens, Ikelite 200DL housing,&nbsp;dual Ikelite DS232 strobes<br><strong>Settings:<\/strong> 1\/60 sec, f\/11, ISO 200<br><strong>Location<\/strong>:&nbsp;Dot\u2019s Hot Spot, Little Cayman, Cayman Islands<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-dan-light-gray-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-dan-light-gray-background-color has-background is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our dive guide pointed out a Nassau grouper at a cleaning station in Little Cayman.&nbsp;As I watched it opening and closing its mouth, I thought I saw a rock or some algae on the fish\u2019s side.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When I shot video from the front, however, I realized the object was an octopus. It was partially inside the fish\u2019s gills, so I moved to get a better shot. The dive guide did not notice this and had moved on, so I did not have time to determine if the octopus was climbing out or in.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I later talked to another guide at the resort who had seen a grouper chasing an octopus at that same site on a previous dive. It is possible the grouper caught the octopus, and the octopus was climbing out of the fish\u2019s gills to escape.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This was a truly unique find.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-dan-light-gray-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-dan-light-gray-background-color has-background is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a9\u00a0<em>Alert Diver<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Q3 2026<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Experience the thrilling underwater scene: an octopus and grouper create an unusual exit at a cleaning station in Little Cayman.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":36021,"template":"","dan_alert_diver_categories":[486],"dan_alert_diver_issues":[526],"class_list":["post-36022","dan_alert_diver","type-dan_alert_diver","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","dan_alert_diver_categories-parting-shot","dan_alert_diver_issues-q3-2026"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.2 (Yoast SEO v28.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Unusual Exit: The Octopus and the Grouper - DAN World<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Explore the unusual exit of an octopus from a Nassau grouper in Little Cayman. 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