I believe you when you say you look carefuly before you touch, from your reports of underwater life so far you seem to be very perceptive about those things.lungfish said:I am indeed balancing against a bleached out coral, I look before I touch.....and I am touching nothing with my right hand.
But I've been told by someone who is supposed to be 'in the know' that touching bleaching corals is wrong also as new corals will grow on old corals. You might be killing some invisible larva that is trying to repopulate. Also, if the coral is not 100% bleached it can sometime recuperate. I wasn't sure before about bleached corals so I asked. Concluded that it might be damage free but not always.
Maybe Shadowkiller can add some more on that.
Oh the memories.island_sands said:rofl rofl
i think i got into BIG trouble a while back for asking you the same question
No big trouble, incase you took my answer back then too literal, it was said said in a light manner.
And for the protocol here: I was meters away from the nearest coral in the aforementioned case.