How Moray Eels Eat: A Second Set of Jaws
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Uploaded by UCDavis on Oct 14, 2008
Moray eels feed in a way unlike any other fish, UC Davis researcher Rita Mehta has found. They have a second set of jaws in their throat that can reach forward into the mouth, seize prey and drag it back for swallowing.
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@Enidox No, the second set of jaws are actually modified pharyngeal gill arches.
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@omgeric Eloquently put my friend.
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that science bitch is hot
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Personal theory, the "secondary," set of jaws is the eel's actual mouth. It's visible chompers are a faux mouth, used only as a vice. That's just me though.
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@h4l01211 Kill yourself.
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You just wait, 5 million years from now, Xenomorphs will evolve out of Moray eels.
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