At a dive site called Watamula, in Curacao, Mary had spotted a free swimming spotted moray eel so I moved in to take a photograph. I was framing a shot for one eel when suddenly another one popped up from the sand, giving me a unique photograph of two spotted moray eels in one shot. Immediately upon taking the photo, one eel attacked the other eel. A fierce battle ensued, resulting in an lightening attack that displayed the strength and agility of these magnificient creatures. One of the eels came out of the coral at lightening speed headed directly toward me and a part of my anatomy that shall remain nameless. I put my camera down to block him, from the aforementioned nameless private parts, as he rushed past me and circled back to engage in another heated exchange, that I was just able to catch on video. It all happened so fast that I really was lucky to get any of it. Of course, Mary was laughing at me the whole time!
Everything is peaceful in Watamula Eel-Land or is it?. Notice the hole in front of the eel and see what happens in a progression of photographs.
The attack!
Immediately after I realized that my "manhood" was still intact, I switched to video and captured the eels battling again before scooting off in separate directions.
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
— Mark Twain
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