Photo of the Week – The Curious Eel

Curious Eel

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This week’s photo is a little different – it was taken underwater! If you follow my travels you already know how much I love scuba diving!

While reef diving in Cozumel, Mexico this large moray eel came out from under his hiding place as our group of divers arrived. One brave young diver positioned himself above while trying to snap a photo and got the eel’s attention. It gave him quite a shot; luckily the eel didn’t get too curious and he left with all his fingers in tact.

5 Comments

  1. Agness on February 12, 2013 at 8:08 PM

    Awesome, it that your hand there?

    • James Abroad on February 12, 2013 at 8:36 PM

      Nope I’m the one who took the picture, that’s the hand of someone else in the dive group.

  2. Raphael Alexander Zoren on April 24, 2014 at 8:12 PM

    Are Eels dangerous? I wouldn’t want to be on their bad side haha 😮

    • James Abroad on April 24, 2014 at 10:42 PM

      They have been known to bite off fingers if they get hand fed regularly 🙂

  3. jennifer on February 10, 2015 at 11:03 AM

    What a great picture, I would not have been able to stay long enough to take it.