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Sooo...I went snorkeling yesterday
Off of Lanikai beach (included is a pic I took of that beach last month). I go snorkeling about once a week, sometimes twice if I have extra free time and the weather/surf is permitting. About a half hour into this snorkeling adventure, I came across a Whitemouth Moray Eel. Holy fuck those things are big. I can still see it in my head. It was just hanging out in it's little rock hole/crevice thing, but after about 15 seconds of just floating there roughly 8-10 feet from it, it came out and swam away. I got to see exactly how big it was, and I swear it was a full sized adult. About 4 feet long, and 6-8 inches thick.
Christ. Totally awesome and terrifying at the same time.
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05-11-2010, 01:40 PM
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Location: San Jose, CA
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It's almost like you live in Hawaii or something!
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05-11-2010, 01:44 PM
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Almost!
I'm including a picture so people get an idea of how sick one of these things look... 
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05-11-2010, 02:02 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Louisiana
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I've been snorkeling down in the Florida Keys quite a bit- one time I was on a reef and they had 2 moray eels, it was the only time I've seen them out there- but they just stuck out of their hole a few feet kind of floating with the mouth open, they are very creepy looking animals.
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05-11-2010, 03:18 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Houston, or there about
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I'm incredibly jealous you live somewhere you can go snorkeling that much. When we visited Hawaii, that's all I wanted to do. I swear I'd do it at least once a week if I lived somewhere that I could.
That said, those things were the one thing I didn't really care to see up close when I went. They freak me out.
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05-11-2010, 03:21 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Kansas City, MO
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Saw a few along our deck when we stayed in Tahiti. They'll certainly catch your attention.
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05-11-2010, 05:15 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Las Vegas
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you should try getting bit by one, happened to me and my brother on the big island, but we went free diving quite a bit before and came across a shit ton of them. when they bite they clamp down like a pit bull would. You have to either chop the head off, of pinch a nerve by the jaw to get them off. It fucking sucked. I still have a baby scar by my left thumb, but this was maybe 10 years ago so its pretty much gone.
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05-11-2010, 05:33 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Chicago, IL
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Have you seen any good sized centipedes yet?
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05-11-2010, 05:41 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: In the thick of it.
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Not yet...and I don't hope to either.
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05-11-2010, 11:06 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: The scorched Desert
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Had a blast snorkeling in Hawaii, if I lived there I would go at least once a week too.
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05-12-2010, 12:51 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2000
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