According to a new study, however, moray eels are unique in not doing ... A diagram of the eel's pharyngeal jaws In order to see if that same mechanism allows the eels to feed while out of the ...

In our planet’s tropical oceans, moray eels use a ballistic set of second jaws to catch their prey. These ‘pharyngeal jaws’ are housed in the eel’s throat. When the main jaws close on an ...

This X-ray shows the pharyngeal jaws in their protracted position -- after the eel, using its oral jaws, has sunk a few teeth into its prey. Researchers say the pharyngeal jaws reach forward, grab the ...

But as Live Science reports, a snowflake moray’s pharyngeal jaws don’t just sit in its throat and wait for a meal to come to them. Instead, they can travel into the eel’s mouth, grab ...

A new study shows that pharyngeal jaws enable at least one species of moray eel to feed on land. Most fish rely on water to feed, using suction to capture their prey. A new study, however ...

Well, it turns out a similar double-jawed creature actually exists: The moray eel has a second set ... food with their strong outer jaws. Next, the inner “pharyngeal” jaws, equipped with ...

Moray eels also have a second set of jaws known as pharyngeal jaws that help them hold on to prey. Moray eel bites can range from minor to serious. Quick action is necessary — read on for what ...

These pharyngeal jaws are illustrated in this National Geographic video, at 0:40. Occasionally, feeding a wild moray eel has resulted in accidents, such as one case where a man got his thumb ...

As if that weren’t enough, some moray eel species have a second set of jawbones, the so-called pharyngeal jaws, which are also equipped with sharp teeth. These help moray eels swallow their prey.

the pharyngeal jaws grab onto the prey again and move it further back into the esophagus. This mechanical movement does not rely on water.” Not relying on water means that a moray eel foraging ...

A fourth mechanism, ratcheting (gnathic transport), occurs in snakes and exhibits remarkable similarities to moray transport behaviour in which the oral and pharyngeal jaws alternate to pull prey ...