Favorite Moray Eel Picture

[Seapix]

This is my favorite moray eel, by virtue of the fact that I only have two pictures of me with eels. A lot of people about this photo, so here's the story...

I worked in the Red Sea as a dive/photo instructor. In order to encourage the eels to come out of their dens for photo sessions, I began feeding them. Soon after they would congregate on us as soon as the boat showed (I had to warn first-timers that they would see a lot of eels that day and weren't going to be attacked).

It got to the point where everyone was getting pictures of an eel wrapped around me, but I never had any for myself! So I gave my camera to a friend (I had preset all the controls) and asked him to get a picture of me (I put a strip of meat in my mouth. And that's how I got the lips to lips with a moray picture!)


George (aka Seapix)

 

[sapphire]

That is the fattest moray I have seen & I wouldn't want him anywhere near my lips! You are brave (or cuckoo!) :wacko:

sapphire

 

[amandasdaddy]

That Eel is huge!!!
What were you feeding it? Whole Tuna's?

 

[Crazy_J]

Love that shot...every time that I see it ;-)

Cheers,
Crazy_J

:doctor:

 

[lucky-strike20]

great shot of a fabulously looking eel. which one is it by the way. just kidding. hope i can catch a similar shot and post it here one day.

 

[drbill]

This is one of my favorite moray pictures from Catalina's Dive Park

Dr. Bill

 

[Al Mialkovsky]

Seapix my wife would like to inform you that you are nuts.

drbill I love those little cleaner shrimp. Very cool pic

 

[sapphire]

drbill once bubbled...
This is one of my favorite moray pictures from Catalina's Dive Park

Dr. Bill

dr bill - that is a great photo!

sapphire

 

[drbill]

Al and Sapphire. Just wish I could have coaxed the cleaners (there were several) into the moray's mouth!

Sapphire- see, there are things you can experience in cold water if your teeth stop chattering long enough. Just teasing you... I love the tropics in our winter.

Dr. Bill

 

[sapphire]

Sapphire- see, there are things you can experience in cold water if your teeth stop chattering long enough. Just teasing you... I love the tropics in our winter.

Yes, but I would be so busy searching for the warmer thermalclines that I wouldn't be able to enjoy anything like cleaner shrimp on morays!

sapphire (blue for a reason!)