Bearscare

Right now I’m watching a show on Crocodiles on Discovery HD. It’s SWEET. I’ll have to do some research and write about crocodiles soon. But, in the meantime, here’s a post the I originally put on octosquid.org. I’ll resurrect octosquid soon but for now this post belongs here.

So, I learned a little tid-bit about the Moray Eel (pictured below) today.

This friendly fellow has not one, but two two sets of teeth: one in the front of its mouth (like yours and mine) and one in its throat. The Moray uses these teeth in its throat to grasp the already bit, but still struggling, fish it’s decided to eat and drag the presumably still live animal further into its hideous body. It’s OK to vomit now.

PS: Here’s proof:

Here’s a link to the NPR podcast that inspired all this. I highly recommend giving it a listen.