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CACAdmin
Sep 7th 2007, 12:07 PM
Can you imagine having two sets of jaws?... one set in your mouth and one set in your throat and being able to move those jaws up into your mouth to grab and help swallow your food? :wideeyed: Most fish swallow their food by suction but using a second pair of jaws is apparently how the moray eel eats. Scientists actually have xrays showing the jaws in both positions. To see pics of the xrays and read the article click here (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/09/070905134523.htm).
Melody
Sep 9th 2007, 08:16 AM
I am reasonably certain that my teenager has that too.
CACAdmin
Sep 9th 2007, 08:47 AM
... and two stomachs of which one is always empty.:laugh:
Melody
Sep 9th 2007, 03:05 PM
Both are always empty. I haven't had a 'no' from the question 'Are you hungry?', in three years.:rolleyes: The back to school runners are size 11 1/2! Pretty soon I'll have my very own bodyguard.

But back to the topic, interesting, if gross, fishy fact!
CACAdmin
Sep 9th 2007, 06:44 PM
Gross? Not really. I just explains why once grabbed by a moray eel, the prey doesn't stand a chance. It is interesting how they have evolved so differently. It does to show how little we know about some of the aquatic creatures with whom we have supposedly become so familiar.
Melody
Sep 9th 2007, 07:28 PM
Sounds like a horror creature....lol.
Wiedertäufer
Nov 22nd 2007, 07:48 AM
When you're swimming in the sea,
And an eel bites your knee,
That's a Moray!

http://www.imagequest3d.com/pages/current/pictureoftheweek/Moray%20eels/CLV00183.jpg (http://www.imagequest3d.com/pages/current/pictureoftheweek/Moray%20eels/CLV00183.jpg)
CACAdmin
Nov 22nd 2007, 09:32 AM
:laugh: That's a good one... however, after looking at the pic, I'm not so sure about wanting to go 'swimming in the sea'. :wideeyed:
Pamelajo
Nov 22nd 2007, 03:13 PM
When you're swimming in the sea,
And an eel bites your knee,
That's a Moray!

:twitcy:

As for the picture: :Eek: :Eeewww: :BOLTS:
I hate eels and that did not make me like them anymore. What a hideous creature.
Melody
Nov 22nd 2007, 08:34 PM
Certainly not a fish I'd like to meet!
Slipstream
Nov 22nd 2007, 09:13 PM
thats for sure
Wiedertäufer
Nov 22nd 2007, 11:13 PM
I like them best as pictures and in nature shows on tv. I definitely don't want to meet a moray.