Española Island
Such a sweet face, such a bright look! This creature probably inspired many sea monster legends. From Lochness in Scotland to the mysterious sea dragons of our indigenous peoples in South America, a frightening face with brilliant eyes and sharp teeth in an open mouth.
But is this a terrible fish, capable of swallowing an entire human being? Definitely not, it is just another wild creature of the infinite number of species in the seven seas. It is a jeweled moray, Muraena lentiginosa, a fish common to the Galapagos Islands. It opens and closes the mouth as an action required for breathing, not as a threat.
Morays are scale less fish, with long bodies and without pectoral fins, so they look like snakes, even though they are not related at all.
In Spanish they are called “morena pinta”, a feminine name, because their beauty is as dangerous and mysterious as the beauty of human females. I love this moray’s look and I let my imagination search the deep secrecy of that pair of eyes, like I do in the depths of my woman’s eyes.
Such a sweet face, such a bright look! This creature probably inspired many sea monster legends. From Lochness in Scotland to the mysterious sea dragons of our indigenous peoples in South America, a frightening face with brilliant eyes and sharp teeth in an open mouth.
But is this a terrible fish, capable of swallowing an entire human being? Definitely not, it is just another wild creature of the infinite number of species in the seven seas. It is a jeweled moray, Muraena lentiginosa, a fish common to the Galapagos Islands. It opens and closes the mouth as an action required for breathing, not as a threat.
Morays are scale less fish, with long bodies and without pectoral fins, so they look like snakes, even though they are not related at all.
In Spanish they are called “morena pinta”, a feminine name, because their beauty is as dangerous and mysterious as the beauty of human females. I love this moray’s look and I let my imagination search the deep secrecy of that pair of eyes, like I do in the depths of my woman’s eyes.
