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Where It's At
Dominica is famous for the unusual underwater landscape which
has developed around the crater of the submerged Soufriere
volcano, attracting an amazing variety of tropical fish.
Natural Wonders
The puffa fish is a common sight here. When threatened
it has the incredible ability to inflate itself into an unswallowably
large size.
What appears to be a slimy green lump on first sight may turn
out to be a frog fish, camouflaging itself upon some
coral. Angel fish, in contrast, are some of the most
colourful fish in the Caribbean, as are their close relative,
the butterfly fish.
The trumpet fish may look like a loony tune, but it's
actually a carnivore closely related to the barracuda. Male
and female parrot fish, meanwhile, look completely
different to each other, but often they travel in pairs.
Parrot fish are, unsurprisingly, drawn to the gorgeous
Champagne Reef, which gets its name from its hot stream
of volcanic gas bubbles. Brain coral, so called not
because it is necessarily any more intelligent than the other
corals (a common misunderstanding), but because it looks a
lot like brains, grows in abundance here, and the Caribbean
is home to some of the largest brain corals in the world.
Snorkelling is a great way to see the kaleidoscopic
sea life lying in the warm, salty waters.
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