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Samrat Sarkar
17-07-2021, 10:20 PM
I had a small time to observe this creature while catching crab in my village with my son. He spotted first that eel. We spent a few hour there to observe the breathing process of this eel.

Samrat Sarkar
17-07-2021, 10:22 PM
I am presenting the sequence here.

Samrat Sarkar
17-07-2021, 10:24 PM
Then it inhale air like this...

Samrat Sarkar
17-07-2021, 10:26 PM
Then it started disappear into water..

Samrat Sarkar
17-07-2021, 10:29 PM
Again it appeared near the water surface to take air keeping its body axis in more vertical way.

Samrat Sarkar
17-07-2021, 10:30 PM
Then it opened its mouth and took a breath...

Samrat Sarkar
17-07-2021, 10:32 PM
And again disappeared into water.. The gap between two sequence was 7 to 8 minutes.

Samrat Sarkar
17-07-2021, 10:35 PM
This is the habitat of eel. Can you spot him into water here?

Samrat Sarkar
17-07-2021, 10:36 PM
The face of the eel..
Photographed with Olympus OMD EM 1 + Zuiko 12-40 PRO lense

Mrudul Godbole
20-07-2021, 12:47 PM
Nice documentation of the breathing process. So every 7-8 mins it has to come to the surface to breathe. This helps in understanding the behaviour of this species. Good spotting :) and nice photographs. Thanks for sharing.

Pawan Ranta
23-07-2021, 03:00 PM
How long the eel was?

Samrat Sarkar
23-07-2021, 04:41 PM
@Mrudul Ji, Yes most of the time it comes to the water surface with 7 to 8 mins intervals, but in afternoon the intervals extended upto 15 mins. That was cloudy, humid day with showers time to time. After 5 or 5.15 pm it never came out to the surface. The respiratory system of Eel is complex and beyond my study. It requires long and in-depth observation to understand their respiratory behavior. I have never seen a Eel in its habitat before. only I wish that I have a camera-housing for under-water photography.

@Pawan ji, I didn't see the full length of the eel as it never came out from his hide with its full body. It only protruded a part of its body from the floor of that pond as you see in images.

Pawan Ranta
23-07-2021, 05:30 PM
@Pawan ji, I didn't see the full length of the eel as it never came out from his hide with its full body. It only protruded a part of its body from the floor of that pond as you see in images.
Okay. The pictures are great! Did you use any macro lens?

Samrat Sarkar
23-07-2021, 05:35 PM
@Pawan ji, I missed to mention the Equipment details. It is Olympus OMD-EM1 + Zuiko 12-40mm PRO lens.

Sabyasachi Patra
11-08-2021, 08:02 PM
Nicely documented. The angles from the top give an unique view. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi