Giant Moray and Cleaner Shrimp in Maldives Pt 2

Now that our Giant Moray eel has had his skin cleaned (see part 1), it is ready for some dentistry. The Banded boxer shrimp that had moved to the ceiling of the coral nook that is acting as a cleaning station, now moves down and alongside the eel in order to clean parasites and food waste from the giant's teeth. It's amazing to see how quickly and nimbly the shrimp's many appendages flitter through the eel's fangs. Another item of note, can you see the blue patch on the underside of the shrimp? This color is often used in cleaning symbiosis to communicate intent. A fascinating case of interspecies communication using color.
Filmed in the Maldives during our Waitt Expedition with 100 Island Challenge from Scripps Institution of Oceanography, the Maldives Marine Research Institute and the Government fo the Maldives. We are working there to help protect the ocean around that island archipelago by collecting scientific data to inform their Marine Spatial Plan.
Film by Joe Lepore.

[@theaaren5956]

Cleaner shrimp: Sir hold still, please. SIR!!

[@NZNFLF]

Wow! The way that big cleaner shrimp came out like a boss!

[@JesusChrist-lx2bm]

Shrimps didn't study 10 years
Shrimps are fast cleaners
Shrimps are smart
Shrimps recognise every mouth
Shrimps do their job for free
Shrimps don't discriminate
Shrimps are beautiful

[@nucleardino8992]

Shrimps are life

[@ThiruelAztherok]

Shrimp is love, Shrimp is life

[@KolkataMarineHobbyist]

First of all this is not actual cleaner shrimp
It's a coral banded shrimp
And I have seen another video on UA-cam an aggressive moray eel hunt and eat a coral banded shrimp
Where as in this video the coral banded shrimp is cleaning the shrimp
So anything can happen in ocean ...

[@acrazyweeb7225]

Moray: "Ayo who tf are all you?"
Cleaner Shrimp: "Open wide."
Moray: "Got it, chief."

[@youraveragephesh3173]

"VOILA! He is clean."

[@eetuthereindeer6671]

The giant moray really shines clean at the end

[@SumProject18]

So satisfying!

[@Ima184mm]

That is such of large dentist

[@KylewithanL]

This is a banded coral shrimp. Not what most people call a cleaner shrimp.

[@fishels3895]

These are actually coral handed shrimp. The ones with the pretty colors. Idk what the transparent ones are

[@toptier2800]

Giant moray was like watch your scizzors boi you're poking my eye

[@Lahbib-ox1uy]

The nurses can hold it still so the big doctor came and fail too

[@brightheart799]

ah cleaner shrimp: the angels of the sea

[@jashonevans3284]

You can’t trust eels. They eat anything they can. He probably attack the shrimp after😂

[@KolkataMarineHobbyist]

Ye may be
I have seen another UA-cam video
The giant moray eel hunting and eating the coral banded shrimp
Note : This one in the video is also coral banded shrimp not actual cleaner shrimp

[@mayonnaiseeee]

lmao I love this clip

[@DeviceElectronic]

Is it the real ocean or tank?

[@TheManWithNoCreativeName]

You haven't seen an Ocean damn that's sad

[@unholy_crusader8348]

Lemme tell you somin 🦐

[@evildaughter4]

LMAO

[@mopisaway]

that's a banded coral shrimp, not a cleaner shrimp!

[@TaiLayMienTay]

Quá hay👍👍❤❤❤❤