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mako88sb
05-09-16, 03:24 PM
I saw a episode of River Monsters recently that had a bit about Filipino fishermen hunting Moray eels for food. I'm sure a lot of you are aware of this show and some of the interesting fish related facts he's mentioned over the years such as...:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Pharyngeal_jaws_of_moray_eels.svg/800px-Pharyngeal_jaws_of_moray_eels.svg.png
Dowly
05-09-16, 03:32 PM
http://i.imgur.com/9mdeEF0.jpg

H.R. Giger has said that the jaw of the ALIEN was not modeled after the Moray Eel.
mako88sb
05-09-16, 03:36 PM
http://i.imgur.com/9mdeEF0.jpg

H.R. Giger has said that the jaw of the ALIEN was not modeled after the Moray Eel.

Oh! Okay. I guess I just jumped to that conclusion without looking into it. Was he aware of the Moray Eel jaw when he came up with the design?
Dowly
05-09-16, 03:43 PM
Oh! Okay. I guess I just jumped to that conclusion without looking into it. Was he aware of the Moray Eel jaw when he came up with the design?
No, he learned of the Moray Eel's double-jaw in 2007.

Dr. Mehta is investigating other fishes to find clues to how the moray’s double bite evolved. So far, she knows of no other animal that feeds this way. At least on this planet.

H. R. Giger, the Swiss artist who created the alien for the director Ridley Scott, was amused by the researchers’ discovery.

“It’s funny,” he said. “The double teeth came when I did my first drawings. Ridley Scott told me to make it so that it could move. I hadn’t studied any animal. My instructions were that it should be somehow frightening and horrible, and I did my best.”http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/11/science/11eel.html?_r=0
mako88sb
05-09-16, 04:01 PM
No, he learned of the Moray Eel's double-jaw in 2007.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/11/science/11eel.html?_r=0

Thanks for the info and correcting me.
Commander Wallace
05-11-16, 12:19 PM
I saw a episode of River Monsters recently that had a bit about Filipino fishermen hunting Moray eels for food. I'm sure a lot of you are aware of this show and some of the interesting fish related facts he's mentioned over the years such as...:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Pharyngeal_jaws_of_moray_eels.svg/800px-Pharyngeal_jaws_of_moray_eels.svg.png


Now that you mention it, I do see some similarities in appearance if not the function.
Betonov
05-11-16, 01:01 PM
Anyone else terrified at the thought, that an environment exists on this planet that forced an eel to evolve a double jaw :o
Rhodes
05-11-16, 04:50 PM
Anyone else terrified at the thought, that an environment exists on this planet that forced an eel to evolve a double jaw :o



http://www.daveharasti.com/articles/speciesspotlight/images/Siderea_thyrsoidea1.jpg
Why, yes!
And there is so many memes of them...
Jimbuna
05-12-16, 05:16 AM
Anyone else terrified at the thought, that an environment exists on this planet that forced an eel to evolve a double jaw :o

Partly the reason when I was a young scuba diver I never put my hand into any holes reefs or coastal wrecks.
Catfish
05-12-16, 05:57 AM
^
We have encountered some 'murenas' while diving in the mediterranean, you can bribe them by giving them some fish, or almost any meat. They will await you, the next day.

But:
"Due to the small size of the gills, morays have to continuously open and close their mouths in a gaping fashion to maintain a flow of water and facilitate respiration. This is often mistaken as aggressive posturing by the unaware and is part of the reason for the moray eel's fearsome reputation. Another may be their inability, due to poor eye sight, to distinguish where food ends and where human fingers begin. As well as attacking when under threat, moray eels have been known to bite off and swallow digits of those feeding them."
http://www.dive-the-world.com/creatures-moray-eels.php

When you're down by the sea
And an eel bites your knee
That's a moray

@Rhodes: this facial expression :haha:
Rhodes
05-12-16, 06:21 AM
When you're down by the sea
And an eel bites your knee
That's a moray

@Rhodes: this facial expression :haha:

Saw that in a moray meme also!:D
Jimbuna
05-12-16, 07:39 AM
http://i.imgur.com/7DOMgbE.jpg
Rhodes
05-12-16, 08:41 AM
http://img.memecdn.com/Damn-it_o_139820.jpg
STEED
05-12-16, 11:54 AM
Anyone else terrified at the thought, that an environment exists on this planet that forced an eel to evolve a double jaw :o

No..I'm sure you will hunt them all down. :)
Betonov
05-12-16, 12:09 PM
No..I'm sure you will hunt them all down. :)

Me, under water ?? :rotfl2:
My ex on the other hand... :hmmm:
Eichhörnchen
05-13-16, 12:20 AM
Eely McEelface :haha:
Oberon
05-13-16, 03:41 AM
Meanwhile in Czechia:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CiUMIlaU4AE6T2J.jpg
Catfish
05-13-16, 04:04 AM
Meanwhile in Czechia:

:hmmm:
Ok, Czechia may be a bit .. late, but something is also happening, there.
Oberon
05-13-16, 05:16 AM
You mean Dawn? :hmmm:
Catfish
05-13-16, 05:23 AM
Well, in your post it looks like pitch-black night :hmmm:

edit: ah ok now it shows, before there was only the black background visible..