~you're literally clinging to ruins,,,turn away from this...leave it for the next race of man... your children...to ponder...to wonder about the men who came before...they too will build towers...but the next world will have one language...we will teach it to them.. ~Do you hear... sunken bells are tolling for thee. Out of the Caverns of Num-Yabisc, dark and terrible deep, the ocean is calling her children... home~ excerpts from Abe Sapien Dark and Terrible, Hellboy Plague of Frogs
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How did the gulper eel get its name? It’s easy to see here! The crew of the E/V Nautilus spotted this gulper eel (Eurypharynx pelecanoides) while exploring the deep waters of Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Marine Sanctuary. Gulper eels’ mouths work similarly to pelicans’, growing bigger rapidly so they can scoop up prey.
Need to see it again, more slowly? We’ve got you covered.
(Video: OET/NOAA)
[Video description: A gulper eel “inflates” its mouth while floating near the ocean bottom. GIFs are slowed-down parts of the video.]