Fish of the Day 45 - I got that green moray in me

Today's fish of the day is the lovely green moray eel! Oh, such a sweet baby. I made an entry similar to this one a long, long time ago, but it doesn't have many facts and it's kinda boring so I decided to remake it. 

oh, hello there! 

Green moray eel facts:

- The green moray eel isn't actually green. The reason why it has a yellowish-green appearence is due to a layer of mucus which completely covers it's body. All fish have a slimy, protective film, but I guess it's just more visable on these morays. Without this mucus, they're a blueish-brown, similar to the giant moray.

- This is one of the largest moray eel species! It doesn't hold the number one spot, but it can still grow to an impressive 6-7ft on average. The biggest green moray ever recorded was around 8ft.

- The green moray eel, along with many other moray species, are feared for their strong bite. However, this species is not considered aggressive. In fact, in some popular diving spots where the eels will be more acustomed to divers... they may approach people! Moray eels in general are surprisingly intelligent and many do not know that. This species in particular are very curious, clever little things that not only occassionally act friendly towards divers, but can ever recognize ones that swim in their habitat regularly. (Still, they are wild animals, so people must remain cautious around them. Just because they can be passive doesn't mean they will be! They're known for their bites for a reason.) 

- Baby green morays are considered larvae. They go through metamorphasis to turn into adult eels.. which is insane. I thought only bugs did that kind of stuff!

- During mating season, pairs of morays can be seen doing synchronised swimming as mating rituals. I think this is super cute, it's like they're dancing together :)

Do you got that green moray in you? I certainly do! This is one of my favourite morays.