Rachel first met Sonny under the sparkling turquoise waters of French Polynesia. To say she “met” Sonny, you might think him to be a person, but Sonny is not a person at all, but a tiny, bright-yellow racoon butterfly fish, who became her “friend” over the last two years.
The research diver from Ventura, California, who’s sailed and dived all around the world, shared how their unusual and enlightening underwater friendship formed and blossomed.