{"id":1426,"date":"2015-11-20T17:44:40","date_gmt":"2015-11-20T07:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/archives\/1426-toad-hall.html"},"modified":"2015-11-20T18:03:11","modified_gmt":"2015-11-20T07:33:11","slug":"toad-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/archives\/1426-toad-hall.html","title":{"rendered":"Toad Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- s9ymdb:401 -->&lt;a href=&quot;\/serendipity\/&quot; title=&quot;Robert&#039;s Ramblings&quot;<!-- s9ymdb:1983 --><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"serendipity_image_center\" width=\"1024\" height=\"580\" src=\"\/serendipity\/uploads\/land_photos\/1255-_MG_3808.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>\nA few weeks ago I first noticed the behavior of a male toadifsh (<em>Omegophora armilla<\/em>) collecting objects and filling a discarded bucket with them. On this dive I found another toadfish behaving in a similar way but this time filling a large sponge.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nI wonder if they have completed their collections yet?<br \/>\n<br \/>\nWhat happens when they start to overflow?<br \/>\n<br \/>\nHave either suitors attracted a mate yet?<br \/>\n<br \/>\nThis weekend I plan to go back and visit Toad Hall and see how both are fairing.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<em>Photo: Robert Rath, &#8216;Toad Hall&#8217; 1\/25s f\/8 ISO160 50mm<\/em><br \/>\n<br \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;a href=&quot;\/serendipity\/&quot; title=&quot;Robert&#039;s Ramblings&quot; A few weeks ago I first noticed the behavior of a male toadifsh (Omegophora armilla) collecting objects and filling a discarded bucket with them. On this dive I found another toadfish behaving in a similar way but this time filling a large sponge. I wonder if they have completed their collections &#8230; <a title=\"Toad Hall\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/archives\/1426-toad-hall.html\" aria-label=\"Read more about Toad Hall\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1426\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}