Wolf eels

[Dive-4-life]

hey u guys i just got my junior open water cert...YAY!! and iv recently dived a couple wolf eel dives, i dont know that much about them other then there pretty friendly, can some of u enlighten me with some wolf eel info :06:

 

[Diver0001]

Here are a couple of links. BTW it took me two seconds to type "wolf eel" in at www.google.com to get this information.....

http://www.mbayaq.org/efc/living_species/default.asp?hOri=1&inhab=150

http://oceanlink.island.net/oinfo/biodiversity/wolfeel.html

http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/race/media/photo_gallery/fish_files/Wolf_eel.htm

etc etc etc

There were 1450 matches.

Have fun.

R..

P.S. Oh and congratulations on getting your C-card. I wish you many more wonderful underwater experiences.

R..

 

[MarkH]

hey u guys i just got my junior open water cert...YAY!! and iv recently dived a couple wolf eel dives, i dont know that much about them other then there pretty friendly, can some of u enlighten me with some wolf eel info :06:

As you can see by my picture, I consider wolf eels to be pretty friendly too. At least where they are used to divers. My favorite spot for wolf eels is Ogden Point in Victoria. Near the end of the breakwater there are tons of them. On one dive I counted 10 of them. Some of the older males are 8 feet long and they can be territorial towards other males. I've seen them fight when one gets too close to another's den (it looked nasty, but no harm was done). They mate for life and I've seen the same pairs in the same dens for years. The males have larger, whiter heads and the females have smaller, darker and more streamlined heads. They lay eggs in their den in winter and guard them. During this time, the male sometimes opens his mouth wide to look tough and blocks the entrance to the den with his head. I've never been bitten or ever heard of anyone being bitten.