You need to sing these lyrics to the tune of "That's Amore".  "See that fish on the reef with the big, shiny teeth.  That's a moray.  Put your hand in a crack and you won't get it back from a moray."  Actually, green morays DO have a mouth full of sharp teeth, but they're usually not at all aggressive.  They hunt by night and hide by day.  Our guide found this four-footer beneath a coral boulder at about 80 feet.  His lair was swarming with juvenile fish, and that's what made this image so interesting.  They're too small to interest him as food, and his presence is probably a deterrent to other would-be predators.

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