Welcome to the new series along the Credit River, the Sea Creatures, SC for short. A Sea Creature could be anything that lives in water, whether it be a type of fish, certain mammals, mythological sea creatures like the Loch Ness Monster or Fictional sea creatures like a mermaid.
You can find all of the information on this series of caches along the Credit River at the following link:
https://tinyurl.com/3z5wem7w
This is a letterBOX cache, at the posted co-ordinates. There is a stamp in the container, that is NOT a trade item, please leave it in the cache. If you wish to use the stamp, please bring your own ink, and don't forget your pen/pencil to sign the log sheet. The container is a 400CC green re-perposed pill bottle. The log sheet is in a wiz-bang stile water proof container that easly fits through the cache container's opening.
The yellow boxfish (Ostracion cubicus) is a species of boxfish. It can be found in reefs throughout the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean as well as the southeastern Atlantic Ocean.
O. cubicus reaches a maximum length of 45 centimetres (18 in). As the name suggests, it is box-shaped. Boxfish are also known for their armored and rigid body which in most cases would inhibit locomotion. This disadvantage is offset by the boxfish's carapace shape which is much more advantageous for its adapted style of swimming, known as ostraciiform locomotion. When juvenile, it is bright yellow in color. As it ages, the brightness fades and very old specimens have blue-grey to black coloration with faded yellow.
The yellow boxfish's diet consists mainly of marine algae, but it may also feed on worms, sponges, crustaceans, molluscs, and small fish.
When stressed or injured it releases the neurotoxin tetrodotoxin (TTX) from its skin, which may prove lethal to fish in surrounding waters. The bright yellow color and black spots are a form of warning coloration (aposematism) to any potential predators.
Yellow boxfish are solitary animals. Breeding occurs during the spring, in small groups that consist of 1 male and 2–4 females. ( From Wikipedia )