Once hatched, the eggs take the form of larvae, which look like tiny leaf-shaped things that float in the open ocean for about eight months. Then they swim down to the reefs begin life and eventually become a fully grown big bad moray eel and they can live from 6 to 36 years. The moray eels travel up to 4,000 miles to breed, a journey which can take up to seven months. During that time it is said that the eels do not eat. Instead, they use their body fat and muscle tissue for nutrients, sort of like hibernation without actually hibernating. Also, they tend to die after breeding, how
