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Can a Moray Eel kill you?

Updated: 10/8/2023
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no, they are not considered dangerous.

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They can and have given Scuba Divers/snorkelers nasty bites. Usually because the human has poked around where the moray was hiding.

Moray eels are comparable to cats in a way. When threatened, they can inflict painful bites. However, they do not mind human presence and are relatively docile when handled gently.

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no they are not they are actually friendly animals No, but they have one heck of nasty bite along with a bad temper to go along with it

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Whilst a bite from a moray eel isn't dangerous in itself (meaning life threatening) - it is extremely painful, the secondary infections you can suffer from can be a serious threat to your health. There is a significant amount of bacteria present inside the mouth of a moray eel which is where the secondary infection comes in.

Without going into too much detail, morays often have a poisonous bite although generally not too serious, the skin of the moray produces a poison called a crinotoxin which is in the mucous membranes of their mouths. Most of what these poisons do is to increase the bleeding and pain from a bite.

There are photos of eels as well as diagrams of how a moray has a jaw very much the same as the creature in the film 'Alien' - it is in fact two jaws and shows why a moray bite is so harmful and devastating...

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Morays are actually kind of skittish. However, it would be a tremendous stretch to call them "nice", since they have a powerful bite they will use if they feel threatened, and they're not really bright enough to distinguish between an actual threat and some idiot who inadvertently got near their hiding place.

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The giant moray eel can kill a person if the person got grabbed by its fangs. Other smaller moray eels cannot really kill you, but they can bite you.

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they are not endangred

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no they are not

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Their powerful jaws

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