Seasnake eating a Moray Eel Alive!

revhtree · Mar 9, 2012

[video=youtube;3uyT4Cbx2XU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uyT4Cbx2XU&feature=player_embedded#![/video]

secretreefer · Mar 9, 2012

crazy!

bige · Mar 9, 2012

He ate it fast!

FaviaFreak · Mar 9, 2012

man he made short work of that

ingtar_shinowa · Mar 9, 2012

5 minutes later he ate himself out lol.

MarineSniper · Mar 9, 2012

ingtar_shinowa said:
5 minutes later he ate himself out lol.

Small chance of that! Sea snake venom is one of the most potent on the planet. I give credit to that diver, I always swam Away from any sea snakes while diving. Although they're seldom known to bite a person, the knowledge that sea snake antivenin is extremely rare was enough for me to find another point of interest!

mjaustin22 · Mar 9, 2012

Insane!! thanks for sharing

AsphaltPays · Mar 9, 2012

Great video..thanks for sharing

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KoleTang · Mar 9, 2012

MarineSniper said:
Small chance of that! Sea snake venom is one of the most potent on the planet. I give credit to that diver, I always swam Away from any sea snakes while diving. Although they're seldom known to bite a person, the knowledge that sea snake antivenin is extremely rare was enough for me to find another point of interest!

Have you ever seen the Imax Movie "Coral Reef Adventure"? (It is on Netflix instant streaming) The girl diver grabs a sea snake and handles it like it is a corn snake from the back yard LOL!

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Kinda creepy when the eel is moving inside of the sea snake. :squigglemouth:

H2O · Mar 9, 2012

Wow so hungry at the end he was looking at the diver like he had room for him to

droblack · Mar 9, 2012

Wicked. That has to feel weird, on either side.

caudill187 · Mar 9, 2012

Impressive. I usually think of sea snakes (I believe that was a banded sea krait?) as clumsy and slow, because I am used to seeing them out of their element. As a snake and fish lover, I had mixed emotions about that one. I am surprised the moray fought as hard as he did, given the potency of that snake's venom.

ColaAddict · Mar 9, 2012

coolest thing over

Sahin · Mar 11, 2012

Wow. Couldn't believe how fast that seasnake gulped down the eel!

CJO · Mar 12, 2012

That was crazy!

CJ

ToXIc · Mar 12, 2012

robsreefs · Mar 12, 2012

Wow that must be a crazy feeling getting eating alive

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cMan5 · Mar 12, 2012

wow.. That was nuts!

bct15 · Mar 12, 2012

I want one, wonder if it's reefsafe?

Crazy not getting eaten head first, had to seem strange to the eel.

JaMan · Mar 12, 2012

caudill187 said:
Impressive. I usually think of sea snakes (I believe that was a banded sea krait?) as clumsy and slow, because I am used to seeing them out of their element. As a snake and fish lover, I had mixed emotions about that one. I am surprised the moray fought as hard as he did, given the potency of that snake's venom.

I am not sure if true or not but I was told once that morays do not have a developed neuro system compared to humans. If you have a weak neuro system then neurotoxins have little effect. Many years ago I witnessed a scorpion fish sting a black edge moray in my tank. The sting knocked the blackedge back about a foot then it dove straight into the rock work; shaking violently. 10-20 seconds later it emerged from the rock VERY UPSET; mouth wide open and looking for the scorpion. The next morning the black edge was fine but there was only a skelaton & spines left of the scorpion fish.

The sea snake may have won, but I bet it had some nasty bite wounds on its body!