Open wide! The gaping gob of a pelican eel can expand into a voluminous sac for trapping elusive prey in the dark ocean ...

He said, "When most people, and even fish scientists, hear "gulper eel," they are probably thinking of what is actually the pelican eel—Eurypharynx pelecanoides," which is the only species in ...

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After inflating itself, the gulper—also known as a pelican eel because its scoop-like feeding method resembles the large water birds—abruptly deflates its mouth and swims away. Very little is ...

pelican eel). Just like a pelican, the gulper eel inflates its jaws to inhale its prey. And it makes them look several times bigger than they actually are. The eel in the footage is thought to be a ...

The gulper eel’s large mouth allows it to engulf ... However, the eel, also known as the pelican eel because its scoop-like feeding method resembles that of a pelican, primarily consumes small ...

In a later Twitter post the Nautilus team shared two common names for the gulper reel (Eurypharynx pelecanoides): umbrella mouth and pelican eel. Gulper eels typically reside at depths of between ...

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pelican eel). Just like a pelican, the gulper eel inflates its jaws to inhale its prey. And it makes them look several times bigger than they actually are. The eel in the footage is thought to be a ...