Fangtooth moray eel (Enchelycore anatina) with mouth open, Grand Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain. East Atlantic Ocean.

To catch and swallow their prey, these eels use both an obvious set of tools and an even more remarkable secret weapon.

It’s Got Guts

06.14.2016

An elaborate headdress and a frilly external stomach is apparently just what this deep-sea creature needs to survive its precarious youth.

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Last Grasp

It’s Got Guts

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