Moray Eels and Their Feeding Habits (Outline)

This topic submitted by Catherine Kaylor ( kaylorce@muohio.edu) at 10:53 PM on 5/1/09.

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Originally I had planned to research eels in general without focus on any particular group of eels. After realizing the tremendous amount of information about eels I narrowed down my topic to just Moray Eels. When I realized that even this was simply too broad a subject I started to focus on what was most interesting to me about the Moray Eel, which is their feeding habits. This includes what they eat, where they find food, when they find food, and how they eat. I will still introduce my paper and presentation with information about Moray Eels in general to give a background to my study.

¥ What is an Eel?
o Orders, Family, Genus, Species
o What Eels are Not
o Freshwater v. Sal water
¥ Types of Moray Eels
o Ribbon Moray Eel
o Jewel Moray Eel
o White Spotted Moray Eel
o Chain Link Moray Eel
¥ What Eats Them
¥ What They Eat
o Seafood
¥ How do Eels Eat?
o Special jaws
¥ Where do Eels Eat?
o Bottom-dwelling
o Rocks
¥ Feeding Complications
o Slow moving
o Starvation
o Poor eyesight
¥ Conclusion


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Hutson, Matthew. ÒHead of the Pack.Ó Psychology Today; July/Aug2007, Vol. 40 Issue 4, p15.
Mehta, Rita S. ÒEcomorphology of the Moray Bite: Relationship between Dietary Extremes and Morphological Diversity.Ó Physiological and Biochemical Zoology; Jan/Feb2009, Vol. 82 Issue 1, p90-103.
Mehta, Rita. ÒBite, Bite, Gulp: ThatÕs a Moray.Ó National Wildlife; Dec2007/Jan2008, Vol. 46 Issue 1, p10.
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Watson, Bruce. ÒYou Gotta Remember, Eels are Weird.Ó Smithsonian; Feb2000, Vol. 30 Issue 11, p124-132.


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