Terry Lilley, Critter of the Week
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In 2016 I was scuba diving at Tunnels Reef (Makua) in Kaua‘i doing a coral study and also spearfishing for roi, which is an invasive grouper species that is damaging our coral-reef ecosystem here in Hawai‘i. I had just speared a large, 18-inch roi and was putting it in my fish bag when a huge shark came out of nowhere and ripped the roi right out of my hands!

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