Stavanger Bay caterpillars

Charon looked at Onyx as she mimicked his name. His little tail wagged excitedly as she repeated his name, glad for the recognition of who he was. She then said her name — Onyx — and Charon smiled excitedly. "Hoooo-nix!" he repeated as best he could. He wanted to say something friendly and courteous, but couldn't think of a thing, so left it at simply copying her name.

His attention was soon captured once more by the caterpillar, which had moved a couple of centimeters upwards along the tree. "No!" Charon told the caterpillar as it tried to escape his clutch, and he pawed at the furry creature. When he pawed at the tree just above the caterpillar, the brightly coloured thing fell down into the autumn leaves gathered below. Charon jumped backward as this happened, then looked expectantly at Onyx to see what she would do.