Marine biology fun fact of the day:
Moray eels have pharyngeal jaws, much like the Alien xenomorph.
"Moray eels are the only known animals that use pharyngeal jaws to actively capture and restrain prey in this way"
Moray eels have pharyngeal jaws, much like the Alien xenomorph.
"Moray eels are the only known animals that use pharyngeal jaws to actively capture and restrain prey in this way"
Additional moray eel fun facts:
Groupers swim up to moray eels and shake their heads to say "Hey pal, let's go hunting!"
nationalgeographic.com/science/phenom…
Groupers swim up to moray eels and shake their heads to say "Hey pal, let's go hunting!"
nationalgeographic.com/science/phenom…
Here is an x-ray of a moray eel that will in no way give you nightmares. You can make out the pharyngeal jaws.
How about the rare viper dogfish? This is fun:
