Commercial trawlers off the southern coast of India caught several unfamiliar-looking eels in January 2024 and gave the specimens to scientists, Paramasivam Kodeeswaran and T. T. Ajith Kumar wrote in ...

Deep within the mysterious and largely unexplored depths of the ocean resides a fascinating creature known as the gulper eel. With its incredible adaptations and unusual appearance, this enigmatic ...

Deep within the mysterious and largely unexplored depths of the ocean resides a fascinating creature known as the gulper eel. With its incredible adaptations and unusual appearance, this enigmatic ...

5. Gulper eel The gulper eel, also known as the pelican eel, looks like something straight out of a horror movie. Its enormous mouth can open wide enough to swallow prey much larger than itself.

List of the Strangest Creatures in the Deep Sea Citing from Monterey Bay Aquarium, Live Science, and Discover Wildlife, here are some of the strangest creatures you can find in the deep sea: 1.

This deep-sea shark has an elongated, eel-like body that grows up to 6.6 feet (2 m) long, as well as a large, flattened head. It is found worldwide and swims by undulating its body like a snake.

The pelican eel (Eurypharynx pelecanoides) is a type of gulper eel characterised by its large, pelican-like mouth, which can be longer than its body and is used to swallow prey whole. Found in the ...

Giant Squid The gulper eel, also known as the pelican eel, has a distensible stomach that allows it to swallow prey much larger than itself. They can be spotted in deep waters of the eastern Pacific ...

The stability of the deep sea environment may help to explain why the coelacanth survived the mass extinction that wiped out the dinosaurs. "But it's also a very fragile [environment].

Gulper eels are commonly known as pelican eels because of their ability to blow up their mouths like balloons to catch prey, similar to how pelicans use their stretchy bill pouches like fishing ...