Photo by Drow Male (Wikimedia)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSince we are on the topic of feeding, we might as well talk about one of the most interesting features of the Moray Eel.\u00a0 You see the head of this eel is too narrow so they can’t create a negative pressure.\u00a0 Big deal, right?\u00a0 Well, it actually is since this means they can’t swallow their prey like a normal animal.\u00a0 Tough to get the nutrients if you can’t swallow your food.\u00a0 So how do they cope with this?\u00a0 Well, they have a second set of jaws located in their throat, with teeth and all.\u00a0 So now when they capture their prey they will launch this second set of jaws (called Pharyngeal Jaws) into their mouth which will transport the unsuspecting victim down their throat and into their digestive system.\u00a0 How is that for a party trick?!<\/p>\n
Well that does it for today’s Wild Fact.\u00a0 See all of you here tomorrow for another amazing animal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Thanks for joining Wild Facts on this beautiful Tuesday.\u00a0 I promise you will be happy that you joined us today since I can personally guarantee that today’s fact will be excEELent.\u00a0 That’s right, animal fans, we are heading to the Sea to learn about the Moray Eel.\u00a0 We definitely have our choice of Moray Eel since there are about 200 species in existence today (that we know about).\u00a0 Instead of going through all of them we will just focus on the group as a whole.\u00a0 Sound like a plan?\u00a0 Perfect, let’s get into it then. As mentioned there are <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4201,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[64,4024],"tags":[348,599,600,4116,1797,1798,4025],"yoast_head":"\n
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