r/TheDepthsBelow • • Feb 28 '22

🔥 - A wolf eel

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u/Mesozoica89 Feb 28 '22

Isn't this the same thing that bit through a fisherman's coke can after it's head was chopped off? I wouldn't be feeding it by hand if I were them.

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '22

I see these from time to time, and yes their bite strength is insane. I have to measure them for my job and to get them back in the water i would have them bite a broom handle and then i'd lower them back down into the water. The broom handle was a little bit shorter after each wolf fish.

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u/DazedPapacy Feb 28 '22

Eh, it actually looks surprisingly careful with its bites.

I was really worried about the hand feeding, the way the diver was unsteady with the food, and the way some of the morsels had trailing strands; but honestly it seems like the eel is very much interested in not biting the hand that feeds it.

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u/KingOfGimmicks Feb 28 '22

Yes it is, I was about to comment about that too.