Diving into a cave, or “blue hole” in the bahamas. #freediving #snorkeling #shark #lemonshark

An eastern diamondback showcasing some notable behavior. If a snake is detected by a possible threat one of their first instincts is to flee and hide. Sometimes on rare occasions you can end up blocking the only emergency exit, and the snake might have to slither right past you in order to escape. Here the snake rattles at me to get me to back off then squeezes past in order to get to the denser brush where it can hide. It may look like it strikes too, but the snake doesn’t open its mouth at all. Snakes are not aggressive animals and will do everything they can to avoid conflict first. #crotalusadamanteus #diamondback #rattlesnake #easterndiamondback #snake #venomous

Clearest water I’ve ever seen! Helping my friend @Bill who is part of an amazing organization doing great work seeking to better understand and protect our beautiful, important, and often threatened springs here in Florida. #florida #floridasprings #explore #fl #turtle #manatee #freedive #snorkel

A small and adorable scarlet snake from a while back. Not a super fresh baby as these snakes hatch in early fall, but a pretty small one at that. These snakes mimic the venomous coral snake. There aren’t not too many coral snakes here in the everglades, but these scarlet snakes are all over the place. #everglades #snake #herping #reptile #fyp

Few things from a productive dive off the beach in South Florida. #freediving #snorkeling #explore #florida #shark #fish #reef #fyp #fl #ocean #diving