GreggS
Contributor
I never said it wasn't dangerous. I'm not an idiot. I just said I wasn't scared. But I was being cautious. I did take some precautions such as keeping my camera hand firmly gripped around the handle so it would not have easy access to my fingers and keeping my other hand well away from it. I also kept the camera as close to its face as I could except where I had to flip it around the eel in order to maintain the camera between us, which you can see me do in the video. At no time did I provoke or attempt to touch it.Maybe because it was dangerous. The fact that you did not recognize the danger does not mitigate it.
We all take calculated risks. Diving is inherently dangerous in and of itself, but yet we do it. Another thing we do without putting much thought into it is driving. We take our lives and well being into our own hands everytime we pull out of our driveway or parking area. We never know when that next moron or drunk driver will be coming our way. Most of us aren't scared to drive, we're (hopefully) all just being cautious.
What is life without a little risk? Boring, that's what.
And are you trying to tell me you wouldn't have taken the risk and done the same thing given the opportunity?
I've also witnessed DMs capturing lionfish and feeding them to eels. I've seen how they can rip into the lionfish. I actually have video of that as well. So I'm under no allusions that interacting with Green Morays can't be dangerous.