June 13, 2007

A Spotted Moral Eel looking into the lens of my camera.

When I first saw this eel it was only extended about 2 inches from a hole it was hiding in. So, I put my lens about 6 inches from it's face and took a picture.

Then the eel moved it's face up to the lens to see it's reflection. And as I slowly drew my camera away from the hole, the eel followed, still with it's face in the lens, until it was extended over a foot from it's hole.