The eel that the "Alien" jaw was modeled after
 

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/wikiped...y_eels.svg.png

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?

No, he learned of the Moray Eel's double-jaw in 2007.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/11/sc...1eel.html?_r=0

Thanks for the info and correcting me.

Now that you mention it, I do see some similarities in appearance if not the function.

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/...hyrsoidea1.jpg
Why, yes!
And there is so many memes of them...

Partly the reason when I was a young scuba diver I never put my hand into any holes reefs or coastal wrecks.

^
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:

Saw that in a moray meme also!:D

No..I'm sure you will hunt them all down. :)

Me, under water ?? :rotfl2:
My ex on the other hand... :hmmm: