cozumel photo theme.....eels

[JenLoves2Dive]

A Couple More -


This one gives you a good perspective of how their teeth are arranged. Definitely designed for ripping and tearing.

Please, could you shoot my good side?

Old camera and housing, but a dive buddy taking a photo of me taking a photo!
(Yes, I know, my computer/gauge is dragging in the sand. - oh the shame)

 

[JenLoves2Dive]

One more -

 

[JenLoves2Dive]

Hey - Look what I just found!
I need to go back through some of my folders. I didn't know I had this one.

 

[JenLoves2Dive]

CDuffey - to answer your question, I would imagine that what you are referring to are their nostrils.
Moray eels had pretty bad vision and rely heavily on their sense of smell for hunting.

 

[morecowbells]

I love looking at all these cool photos! Out of curiosity, perhaps gauged by my intuition from various interactions, but I would love to know what other divers feel about which eel types seem to have the most pissy disposition and which seem to have a more easy going and friendly disposition? I personally feel the spotted ones are in the first category, the green ones in the second.

 

[cduffey]

CDuffey - to answer your question, I would imagine that what you are referring to are their nostrils.
Moray eels had pretty bad vision and rely heavily on their sense of smell for hunting.

Thank you. A couple of them look like someone needs to give them the "wipe your nose" sign.

 

[ColoDale]

I love looking at all these cool photos! Out of curiosity, perhaps gauged by my intuition from various interactions, but I would love to know what other divers feel about which eel types seem to have the most pissy disposition and which seem to have a more easy going and friendly disposition? I personally feel the spotted ones are in the first category, the green ones in the second.

The brown spotted moray eels seems to be more aggressive at times. The Green morays less so but come out into the open more.

 

[RonFrank]

Not very Clean!

Free swimming in the Day.

On the Hunt!

 

[RonFrank]

I love looking at all these cool photos! Out of curiosity, perhaps gauged by my intuition from various interactions, but I would love to know what other divers feel about which eel types seem to have the most pissy disposition and which seem to have a more easy going and friendly disposition? I personally feel the spotted ones are in the first category, the green ones in the second.

I think they are all basically blind and will easily mistake a finger for a hotdog. I do not find any of them very aggressive, just do not feed them.

 

[amascuba]