The Friendly Wolf Eel

With a name like the wolf eel, these grotesque creatures strike fear while roaming around the seas. Despite their monstrous jaws, the wolf eels are gentle giants. The marine animals are even cuddle with divers on the occasion. The marine inhabitant grows up to 8 feet in length, and to put it into perspective, the one pictured is a young eel.

The long skinny animals are fish belonging to the wolf fish family, and not exactly true eels. They feed in hard-shelled invertebrates and rarely bite divers. The young spent their initial years out in the open waters while mature wolf eels take shelter in underwater caves or coral reefs.