Theres something about the supremely ugly face of an adult wolf-eel staring at you from its den that will turn an ordinary dive into a great one - poor visibility, terrible weather, rotten currents - all will be forgotten and forgiven once a Wolfie makes a public appearance. Get any group of divers together in the Pacific Northwest and ask them to reach a consensus on what the requirements are for a really GREAT dive, and invariably one of the things they will ultimately agree on is that a wolf-eel will somehow be involved. After much reflection, Im convinced that the make-up artists for the film MUST have taken their inspiration from the divinely ugly mugs of big male Wolfies. Last year I attended a local showing of the Hollywood blockbuster, Lord of the Rings. Frequently, the heroes of the film were attacked by masses of hideous, howling and slathering Orcs. I was absolutely struck by how much the Orcs resembled one of my favorite underwater creatures here on the west coast, the wolf-eel. ![]() Wold Eel Ugly Man of the Sea ADVANCED DIVER MAGAZINE by John RawlingsĪbove: A gaping wound in its forehead providing probable evidence of a lost mating battle, a large male wolf-eel glides past Marine Biologist Tony Parra near South Puget Sound's Sunrise Wall.
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