{"id":2092,"date":"2021-12-02T21:48:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T11:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/archives\/2092-blue-eyed-monster.html"},"modified":"2021-12-02T21:48:00","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T11:18:00","slug":"blue-eyed-monster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/archives\/2092-blue-eyed-monster.html","title":{"rendered":"Blue Eyed Monster"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- s9ymdb:2752 --><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"serendipity_image_center\" width=\"1024\" height=\"580\" src=\"\/serendipity\/uploads\/land_photos\/1886-_MG_0414.jpg\" alt=\"\"><br \/>\n<br \/>\nA thing of childhood nightmares lies before me, mouth agape. Like the edge of a precipice I am drawn inexorably towards that perilous abyss beyond. Every fibre of my being screams \u2018don\u2019t\u2019 while body inches forward regardless.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nAfter all this Doughboy Scallop is only a few centimetres across and I want a really good close up shot!<br \/>\n<br \/>\nScallop\u2019s are actually quite interesting critters in more ways than just a favourite menu choice. You\u2019d never find one of these on your plate though as the Doughboy Scallop forsakes a mobile life on the sea floor and settles instead for a permanent niche amid the sponges and other benthic life. Once a permanent home is found this guy will never move again unless his home is wrenched away by storm or other trauma.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nAs for those amazing blue eyes. They are a marvel and what always draws me inexorably towards another image!<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<br \/>\n#Animals #critters #Scuba #Diving #Rapidbay #Jetty #Life #Macro #Marine #Night #Ocean #Sea #Underwater #Doughboyscallop #Eyes #Mimachlamysasperrima #Nature #Scallop #Southaustralia #monster<br \/>\n<br \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A thing of childhood nightmares lies before me, mouth agape. Like the edge of a precipice I am drawn inexorably towards that perilous abyss beyond. Every fibre of my being screams \u2018don\u2019t\u2019 while body inches forward regardless. After all this Doughboy Scallop is only a few centimetres across and I want a really good close &#8230; <a title=\"Blue Eyed Monster\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/archives\/2092-blue-eyed-monster.html\" aria-label=\"Read more about Blue Eyed Monster\">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-2092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2092","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=2092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2092\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}