Moray Eel Myth BUSTED! They're Not Angry!

Added: 2026-05-18

[00:00:00]Here's the truth that scuba divers know, but the world doesn't. Moray eels are shy, extremely shy. The aggressive lunging monster of popular imagination, that's a myth. Moray eels don't hunt humans. They don't attack without reason. In fact, [music] their gaping mouth, the expression that makes them look angry, isn't aggression at all.

[00:00:22]It's respiration.

[00:00:24]Moray eels need to pump water over their gills continuously.

[00:00:28]This pumping motion requires the mouth to open and close repeatedly.

[00:00:33]To us, it looks like the eel is snarling. To the moray, it's just breath.