![]() They use their large frontal canine-like teeth and powerful jaws to seize and crush their favorite meals, primarily hard-shelled crustaceans and invertebrates based on their immediate environment, with the most abundant food source often being the most preferred. In the American Pacific Northwest and British Columbia, Canada, the prevailing attitude among divers regarding wolf-eels is affection and protection.Īlthough they have a long-bodied, eel-like appearance, wolfies are not related to eels but instead are a type of wolffish. Some dive sites, such as Sund Rock in Hood Canal, are well-known locations where wolf-eels interact with divers and provide unique photo opportunities. ![]() ![]() Although protected in Washington’s Puget Sound and Hood Canal, wolf-eels are not endangered, but their value to divers and photographers as a living resource far exceeds any commercial value as a food source. Some native tribes reserved the wolf-eel as food for only shamans and healers. People of the northern Pacific have deeply respected wolf-eels throughout history. It’s not surprising that divers worldwide travel far to glimpse these fascinating creatures and photographers go through all manner of underwater gyrations to capture the ideal shot. ![]() Cold temperatures, terrible visibility, or strong currents are easy to forget when a wolfie - as we call them locally - appears. There is something about the face of an adult wolf-eel staring at you from its den that turns an ordinary dive into a great one. ASK DIVERS IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST what makes for a great dive, and most will agree that a wolf-eel ( Anarrhichthys ocellatus) is involved. ![]()
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