I've dived at this site!!! Its in the Similan islands off sw Thailand. There are plenty stupid DMs and dive leaders intimidating this creature. Heres a video of the same eel (2 thirds of the way thru @ 2.25mins) The coral that it lives under was knocked over by another idiot diver in 2004.

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