When you encounter a moray eel, think of it as a large, strange dog. If you do not bother it, it will not bother you. Enjoy them from a distance. Their mouth gaping is simply how they breathe. It is not a snarl or aggressive display.

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Moray eels eat a variety of animals: Fish, mollusks, crustaceans and whatever else they can catch or find.

If you look carefully at the animals, they look like a bunch of sponges and branching corals of the reef. A big green moray looks like a green upright sponge. Goldentail morays look like Porites porites (Finger Coral).

Eels are important as they clean up dead and dying animals from the eco-system, keeping disease in check.

Montego Bay also holds garden eels, key worm eels and gold-spotted and sharp-tailed eels, but no actual sea snakes.