Scientific name: Gymnothorax meleagris
Size: Up to 3.4 feet
Color: Dark brown and white
Distinguishing feature: Snake body punctuated with white dots
Where did we see it: Bali and Gili, Raja Ampat
Scientific name: Gymnothorax meleagris
Size: Up to 3.4 feet
Color: Dark brown and white
Distinguishing feature: Snake body punctuated with white dots
Where did we see it: Bali and Gili, Raja Ampat
The spotted moray eel is solitary and feeds during the day.
She keeps her mouth open but closes it occasionally, possibly to get the water through her gills and improve her oxygen supply.
We can hear the bull shark is very dangerous because of attacks near La Réunion island.
However, tens of them are living at 600 feet from the famous beach of Playa Del Carmen in Mexico. And there are no attacks.
The tiger shark has slender marks similars to the lines of tigers, hence its name.
When it is juvenile, these marks are round and not vertical. They change when it grows.
Some sharks can stay motionless on the sand (white tips reef sharks, nurse sharks, etc.).
These sharks don't have to swim to bring oxygen to their gills like other sharks (grey, hammerheads tc.)