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Key Largo, FL
Welcome To My Lair
While this Moray Eel looks as if it’s about to attack the viewer, it would have had a hard time getting its mouth around the large dome covering my lens.
The aggressive-looking behavior is not what it seems. Morays open and close their mouths to pass water through their gills to breathe.
Green Moray Eels (Gymnothorax funebris) get big — around 8 feet long — and are generally nocturnal predators, hiding out in coral crevices (or under the hull of a wreck, like here at City of Washington) during the day.
The Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary protects about 2,900 square nautical miles, yet supports about 3 million annual visitors. Disease, heat stress, and human activity have taken their toll yet nearly 6,000 marine species call the coral reefs, mangrove forests, and seagrass meadows home!
This would look great as a print on a black 3/4” standout mount, or matted and paired with a thin frame, up to 11×16”. Alternatively, marry this image with others from the Underwater Collection in a Triple Picture Frame Display (i.e., 8” prints in 14×14” frames) or a Triple Collage Frame (i.e., 6” prints in a 12x24” frame).
There are Some Similar or Related Images that may be of interest in the Underwater Collection…
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