These chaps appear from the sands of the indopacific at night and appear to be ambush predators. I'm also unclear as to whether this is the same species as the crocodile snake eel (pictures of that to follow) or not as classification on these seems confused and I can't match common and latin names. Anyway lets forget the taxonomy and marvel at nature's, erm, "beauty."
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Nice fun blog.
The orange color is one of the colors in nature that implies; poison, beware!
It keeps the little fellow safe from other creatures that may eye it as a potential meal.
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Dirk - you are f course correct that orange typically represents the threat of toxins. In this case however the animal is not poisonous and spends its life hidden with just the eyes showing. I think it may be intended as a shock pattern if the eel has to abandon its burrow but am not sure.
Ps forgot to mention that, at 3ft long, these chaps have relatively few predators in the shallow mud slopes they inhabit
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