Did you know moray eels have secondary jaws just like Alien xenomorphs?

Moray eel are the closest earthly affair you will get to the xenomorphs in the Alien series . Like the Giger beasts , this ambush predator has developed a terrifyingly efficient set ofsecondary apprehend jawsto aid in yanking the eel ’s meals down its oesophagus . This video from UC Davis show it in action .

Known as the Pharyngeal jaw , this evolutionary adjustment is surprisingly common among fish with more than 30,000 known mintage employing a set . However , none are as wandering ( or frightening ) as the Moray ’s . Since these eels ca n’t suck in and quaff down their quarry as other predatory Pisces do , they instead evolved this swing music - out set of small , grabbing submaxilla . The eel first capture its prey with its primary jaws , then swing out its petty set to snap up the Pisces the Fishes and pull it down the eel ’s throat while the first lot of jaw chomp down on the next distance of flesh .

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