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'Electric-Blue' Ribbon Eel Stuns Divers in Mesmerizing Underwater Footage

A group of divers witnessed an https://coraldivers.co.za/ribbon-eel/ exceptionally rare sight while exploring the waters of Indonesia: a ribbon eel rippling gracefully through the water. Footage filmed on October 17 by Tjeerd Schone shows the beautiful yellow and blue ribbon eel gliding through the water off Padangbai, a small coastal town near Bali. 'Seriously, look at this incredible creature!' they wrote on https://www.tiktok.com/@salty_finns/video/7562453608642415879 TikTok . 'It's now perfectly clear why it's named the ribbon eel—it's a living, breathing, electric-blue piece of silk floating through the water! What a show of elegance and color. Nature really knows how to put on a performance.' The blue ribbon eel begins life as male and switch to females once they've matured, according to https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/fish/blue-ribbon-eel The Smithsonian's Ocean Portal . (Footage by Tjeerd Schone/Storyful via Getty Images UGC)
A group of divers witnessed an https://coraldivers.co.za/ribbon-eel/ exceptionally rare sight while exploring the waters of Indonesia: a ribbon eel rippling gracefully through the water. Footage filmed on October 17 by Tjeerd Schone shows the beautiful yellow and blue ribbon eel gliding through the water off Padangbai, a small coastal town near Bali. 'Seriously, look at this incredible creature!' they wrote on https://www.tiktok.com/@salty_finns/video/7562453608642415879 TikTok . 'It's now perfectly clear why it's named the ribbon eel—it's a living, breathing, electric-blue piece of silk floating through the water! What a show of elegance and color. Nature really knows how to put on a performance.' The blue ribbon eel begins life as male and switch to females once they've matured, according to https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/fish/blue-ribbon-eel The Smithsonian's Ocean Portal . (Footage by Tjeerd Schone/Storyful via Getty Images UGC)
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Storyful
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November 28, 2025
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Padangbai, Indonesia
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