A Hawksbill turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata, trying to feed on coral but being disturbed by a defensive moray eel. Photographed at Dhonfan Thila in the

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A Hawksbill turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata, trying to feed on coral but being disturbed by a defensive moray eel. Photographed at Dhonfan Thila in the Maldives

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Photo credit: © SCUBAZOO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: aggression, animal, attack, behaviour, biology, blackcheek, breedeni, cheloniidae, coral, eating, eel, endangered, eretmochelys, fauna, feeding, fish, gymnothorax, hawksbill, imbricata, maldives, marine, moray, muraenidae, reef, reptile, turtle, underwater, wildlife, zoology