For whatever reason, I have an extreme fear of Moray eels. I find this weird cause i'm not too afraid of sharks- I've swum with reef sharks and have even fed them all by hand without a problem, and I imagine that I could swim with some larger sharks too (except Great Whites ), even though I haven't had the opportunity to yet. This fear isn't snake related either cause I can also handle snakes just fine- We find the occasional snake in our yard and it's no problem to pick it up with my hands (if I know it's not venomous) to get it out of the yard. But Morays are a different story...
For some reason I cannot handle eels at all. If I see one, I have too keep my distance, and cannot remain calm enough to get a good breath hold if i'm too close. Because of this, I've been unable to get myself to swim though some coral caves, even if I'm physically capable of doing so because I'm just too afraid of pissing off any eels that may live in that cave and getting bit. Any of y'all have any eel stories, 0r just info on them, to either confirm my fears as valid or ease them?
TLDR: I've recently been too afraid of swimming through coral caves because of the possibility of pissing off a moray eel. Are these fear valid or not? Got any stories to help me understand eels better?
For some reason I cannot handle eels at all. If I see one, I have too keep my distance, and cannot remain calm enough to get a good breath hold if i'm too close. Because of this, I've been unable to get myself to swim though some coral caves, even if I'm physically capable of doing so because I'm just too afraid of pissing off any eels that may live in that cave and getting bit. Any of y'all have any eel stories, 0r just info on them, to either confirm my fears as valid or ease them?
TLDR: I've recently been too afraid of swimming through coral caves because of the possibility of pissing off a moray eel. Are these fear valid or not? Got any stories to help me understand eels better?
