That's A Moray Monday: When Good Eels Attack Stupid People

I'm really wracked with work today, so in lieu of our typical Moray Monday feature, I thought I'd pull some of the more egregious examples of stupid human behavior with moray eels off of YouTube. It wasn't hard to find candidate videos. Why is it that when humans torment otherwise oblivious wildlife to strike out, it's the wildlife that's tagged as aggressive? Beats me.

Anyway, click on the above video for a mild (yet well-deserved) attack on a annoying diver at Molokini off of Maui. Way to show restraint, eel!

Here's a video from Florida of divers and a territorial Green moray. Looks like the divers got too cozy on the eels turf, though they should know better not to be stirring-up sediment or resting on the bottom anyway.


And finally, here's a video that's definitely NOT FOR THE SQUEAMISH! You have been warned. Follow this link for this all-time, stupid diver, almost Darwin Award recipient. It's a diver who, not content to just feed hotdogs to a hungry moray, decides to put his thumb on the menu. I'm sorry, but this ignoramus had it coming. While the attack is pretty tame, it's the images of post-operative surgery and reattachment of a thumb from the victims toe that really churned my stomach.