Random Thought of the Day

Have you ever examined the jaws of an alien from the movie Alien? No?
Well, have you ever seen the jaws of a Moray eel? No?

Ok, you're worthless.

Here's a picture of the Alien

Note the little inner set of jaws hidden within the alien's mouth.

Now check out this picture of a Moray eel's jaw

That extra jaw with extra teeth is called a pharyngeal jaw (in both the Alien and the eel). When the eel bites its prey, the pharyngeal jaws jump out and pull the prey down into the gullet! Yikes!

And that's what I was thinking about in my spare time today.