Moray Eel Bites Off Diver's Thumb

[js71]

And this is why we generally dont feed marine life. check out this video of a Moray Eel biting off and eating this divers thumb in Thailand! http://www.metacafe.com/watch/457081/animal_attack_moray_eel_bites_scuba_diver_and_eats_his_thumb/

Pass this link on to those who might be interested.

 

[MXGratefulDiver]

Moral of the story ... don't feed wild animals hot dogs ... they look too much like a thumb ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

 

[Ocean One]

Guess the idiot got what he was asking for......An the eel to a free extra tidbit!!!
Hope his clients got some gooood pictures of that !!!

 

[String]

Good on the eel.

No sympathy at all with divers that interfere with marine life and end up losing out.

 

[Teamcasa]

I'm with Bob on this.
Don't feed amimals that think of you or your appendages, as food.

Dave

 

[Dave Zimmerly]

...mmmm, finger food...

Dave (aka "Squirt")

 

[mike_s]

wow... I remember when this happened a year or two ago, but haven't seen the video until now.

 

[doghouse]

i could not watch that. I made it to the teasing with a white cloth and realized what was next. I have seen what can happen when fishing and getting a bluefish bite. Another Darwin Award!

 

[MXGratefulDiver]

i could not watch that. I made it to the teasing with a white cloth and realized what was next. I have seen what can happen when fishing and getting a bluefish bite. Another Darwin Award!

Doesn't count as a Darwin Award unless it prevents the recipient from breeding ... perhaps if the eel had taken a bite out of the "other" hot dog ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

 

[mike_s]

Doesn't count as a Darwin Award unless it prevents the recipient from breeding ... perhaps if the eel had taken a bite out of the "other" hot dog ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

It almost looked like he "got close" to that "other hotdog" in a few of those video shots...


I'm sure it had to do with the hot dog juice on the divers fingers.

I've fed squid to stingrays in "stingray city" before. You get the juice from the squid on your hands and even if you're out of squid, the stingrays still are all over you trying to find more because they can 'smell' it on you.