Eels hiding in the sand frightened freedivers and restart their dance when there is no danger

AMAZING EELS DANCE: The garden eels (Gorgasia sillneri), is a conger of the family Congridae, found in The Red Sea at depths of between 5 and 100 m. Animals reach a maximum length of 83 cm. However, in general, they are only 45 cm long, and the body diameter is up to about 16 mm. The species live in abundant colonies of up to a few thousand, on sandy burrows close to corals and reefs. They point their mouths towards the underwater current in order to catch drifting zooplankton. This video was taken in