FORAYS WITH MORAYS (3): LET’S GO GREEN…
A short while back I posted about SPOTTED MORAYS, which people seem to enjoy. It generated requests for more forays, specifically with green morays. I gotcha – here they are, as promised… All the eels shown below, familiar to the divers who regularly encounter them and given names such as “Judy’ and “Wasabi” (my favourite), were photographed by Scuba expert Melinda Riger, whose skills with a camera are well-known. Let’s go Green…
Like all moray species, Greens like to lurk in convenient hiding places to watch the underwater world – and possible prey – go by. Here are some typical ‘lurking’ shots.
Green morays also have the unusual breathing apparatus that resemble nasal plugs
Those who recall the spotted moray post and their singular dentition arrangements that included a long sharp tooth sticking down from the upper jaw will no doubt be thinking, “are we going be shown any dental close-ups?” But of course… why would I not?
Note the cluster of teeth in the upper jaw, differing from the spotted moray
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr…….
All photos: Melinda Riger, Grand Bahama Scuba
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I saw the email about this post this morning and thought “Oh great, more photos that are going to make me want to pack up and move to the Bahamas…” and then I clicked on it and thought “Hmmmm, maybe not!”
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Tell you what, though, in the Bahamas it isn’t (yet) compulsory to dive the reefs. And if you snorkelled and saw one at a distance, you’d be fascinated. They’ll do you no harm… Come on over and try it! RH
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Do not tempt me! I am so ready for a change. Now that I think of it, a friend of mine lived down there for years, I’m sure she could hook me up, hmm, this is all starting to come together lol…..
I may not swim with the eels, but I will definitely swim with the pigs 🙂
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