{"id":2328,"date":"2025-08-05T02:40:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T16:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/archives\/2328-attack-lobster-on-the-manchester-merchant.html"},"modified":"2025-08-05T02:40:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T16:10:00","slug":"attack-lobster-on-the-manchester-merchant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/archives\/2328-attack-lobster-on-the-manchester-merchant.html","title":{"rendered":"Attack Lobster on the Manchester Merchant"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- s9ymdb:2997 --><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"serendipity_image_center\" width=\"1024\" height=\"580\" src=\"\/serendipity\/uploads\/land_photos\/117-_G2A3361-Edit.jpg\" alt=\"\"><br \/>\n<br \/>\nThis lobster, hiding in the debris of the SS Manchester Merchant, was not coming out to play, no matter how long I lay there and waited.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nThe space was too confined to get any closer with the strobes attached to my camera, so I decided to fold them back, sacrificing light for access.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nAs I pushed my camera down into the hole, the lobster at first held its ground, then backed off just a little. I backed off slightly too, which seemed to draw it back toward me again.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nSuddenly and without warning, bang! Two massive claws lunged out at me. I\u2019m sure I heard chitin on glass as lobster and camera briefly sparred for territory.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nAfter that, the lobster backed off, held its ground, and there it remained until I left.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nLobsters are normally very timid creatures. This time, however, I assume the behaviour was aimed not at me, but at some brutish competitor reflected back from the camera\u2019s lens.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<br \/>\n#Scuba #diving #ireland #kerry #manchestermerchant #shipwreck #lobster #homarusgammarus #claws #wildlife #crustaceans<br \/>\n<br \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This lobster, hiding in the debris of the SS Manchester Merchant, was not coming out to play, no matter how long I lay there and waited. The space was too confined to get any closer with the strobes attached to my camera, so I decided to fold them back, sacrificing light for access. As I &#8230; <a title=\"Attack Lobster on the Manchester Merchant\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/archives\/2328-attack-lobster-on-the-manchester-merchant.html\" aria-label=\"Read more about Attack Lobster on the Manchester Merchant\">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-2328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2328","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=2328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2328\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}