However, avoidance is the most sensible precaution. A bove the Moray eel are residents of most reefs and are usually docile. However, they should not be provoked, they can strike very much faster than a diver can react and they have very sharp and powerful jaws. Diving in the harbor Grand Cayman I did not find the gold but still looking. Diving in tropical seas Dangerous Tropical Marine Animals Above the Stingray.
T here are several types of fish with very painful, and sometimes deadly, stings.
Copyright 2000 John Atherton.