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snototter · 1 month
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A giant moray eel (Gymnothorax javanicus) in Bunaken National Park, Sulaewsi, Indonesia
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a-neru-neru · 11 months
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its time for mermay | introductions
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When the jaws open wide and theres more jaws inside its a moray!
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weadtlys-art · 1 year
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Lil doodle turned into 5 hours of eel drawings
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cloudcountry · 1 year
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I brought eel pics!!!
Zebra Moray and A Viper(? I think?) Moray
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Also eels having bad eyesight leads to the conspiracy of "Do The Tweels Secretly Wear Contacts And Why Don't They Wear Glasses Even Though They'd Look Hella Cool In Them?"
the viper moray is so squishy. it also has a bad rep like the fangtooth moray because they look kinda scary but theyre no different than any other moray C:
as for moray eel eyesight, their pupils are circular and don’t respond much to lighting changes. they do, however, do remarkably well when it comes to gauging distance. they sense their prey by sniffing them out and using vibrations in the water though, plus they hunt at night so excellent vision isn’t exactly necessary.
i honestly don’t know why they don’t wear glasses, it’s a question i’ve thought about a lot too. since azul wears glasses and octopi have really good vision (told my friend about it and she brought up colorblind glasses but thats not the case. trey's halloween sr vignette says straight up that azul wears them for vision correction + implies that he also has blurry vision when he takes them off. he also wears them because they make him appear more "intellectual." love that guy.)
anyways azul isnt the point even though i adore him. the leech brothers could very well wear contacts but i’d imagine they’d react to glasses the same way they react to shoes. azul mentioned once (in the trey halloween vignette again) that people in the coral sea do wear glasses, they just aren’t that common.
maybe floyd just didn’t want to go through the hassle of getting a vision test done? maybe he’ll get glasses once he gets bored!! i don’t know about jade though since he does a lot of mountain explorations and you kind of have to see.
it’s most likely just a design choice though...ultimately my scientific research doesn’t mean much in the face of character design LMAO but its still fun to think about!!
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breezy-cheezy · 2 years
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Whumptober Day 14: DIE A HERO OR LIVE LONG ENOUGH TO BECOME A VILLAIN 
Desperate Measures | Failed escape | “I’ll be right behind you.”
Another Twisted Wonderland one.....love the overblots, wanted to do a symbolic take on the Tweels landing the last hit to drag Azul out of it :>
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goosewizard · 8 months
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moray eels are just big puppies to me. big sweet eyes. go *< all the time. big ol puppy dogs.
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same thing. case closed.
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mangoyuart · 1 year
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🍌🍌🍌
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uncharismatic-fauna · 10 months
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Uncharismatic Fact of the Day
Contrary to the popular song Frank Sinatra song, moray eel eyes are actually quite small, and they have poor eyesight. To compensate, members of the Muraenidae family have two sets of nostrils; one pair just above their eyes, and a larger, tube-shaped pair towards the front of their face. The particular shape of their nostrils allows them to more accurately identify and locate prey. Now that’s a-moray!
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(Image: A green moray eel (Gymnothorax funebris) by the Bournemouth Aquarium)
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roentgen-tism · 2 months
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// ☣️☣️☣️ // ☣️☣️☣️ // ☣️☣️☣️
eel-themed jay ferin stimboard for @phantom-does-a-thing!
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antiqueanimals · 1 year
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Giant Sea Creatures. Written by Edith Kunhardt. Illustrated by Fiona Reid. 1984.
Internet Archive
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Daily fish fact #301
Giant moray eel and coral grouper!
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A double fact! Giant moray eels and coral groupers work together while hunting prey! When a grouper is hunting for prey that has sneaked into a tight space it can't reach, it'll find a moray eel and signal it to hunt with it! The two then work together to hunt for prey: the eel can squeeze into tight spaces and hunt in the crevices, while the grouper can easily chase down any escapees in open water. Overall, both fish get more successful hunts than they would alone, so they both benefit greatly!
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iguanadonis · 3 months
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my meet the artist!!
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typophobiaart · 4 months
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Sneaky boi
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gh0stsh4rk · 4 months
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A fine collection of eels (ribbon eel, fangtooth moray, banana eel, and another moray I can’t name)—they’re up on my Redbubble if you take a particular fondness for them :)
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