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"If it swims in a reef and has 2 sets of teeth that's....a moray. When the view hits you eye like a zi-zagging dye....that's a moiré."

I may love those 2 jokes too much. I teach underwater photography at a local university, so I get to use both in lecture!

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The mouth motion helps to circulate water to their gills which are quite a bit smaller than most ray finned fish I believe

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lemmy.world

Then they'd have to eat more but they specced hard into "ambush predator" which is unreliable.

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feddit.online

Put your hand in that crack and you won't get it back,

That's a moray!

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feddit.online

Usagi has its work cut out for it. Hopefully no one will come along and steal its star.

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sopuli.xyz

I think you mean Unagi. Usagi is rabbit.

But also, saltwater eels are usually referred to as Anago.

Good try though. B+ for effort.

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This is in the middle of Christchurch, NZ, where a set of steps run down to the river. Office people eat their lunch there and feed the eels.

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This dude was the first thing I saw when I dove in a coral reef. About 3 seconds after getting into the water he shoots out his head and grabs some sort of beautiful yellow fish and just zooms back into his hole.

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It's all fun and games, till some plumber comes by and kicks you in the teeth

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