Walking and a killer breakfast with Billy this morning. That was about all of the excitement my old body needed for one day.
I did make a little video of a very nice Lagoon Triggerfish (Rhinecanthus aculeatus). It is a very close relative of the Reef Triggerfish, our official State Fish. I see these guys more frequently. They are extremely territorial and I can nearly always find this one. Unless it is hiding.
Both the Lagoon and Reef Triggerfish are called humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa in Hawaiian. It’s a fun name to say and makes perfect sense if you take the word apart.
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- humuhumu = triggerfish
- nukunu = nose
- āpuaʻa = pig
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So, it’s the triggerfish with a nose like a pig.