The gulper eel’s adaptations make it a very successful deep-sea predator—their oversized jaws and stomach allow them to capture prey, swallowing it whole. The gulper eel is a deep-sea fish that lives throughout the world’s ocean from a few hundred meters to over 2,000 meters (over 6,500 feet) in the deep midwater. Using MBARI's remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), we've seen gulper eels fewer than twenty times in 30 years of exploration in the deep midwater. Despite its rare appearance, this quint
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Throwback to one of our earliest encounters with a deep-sea gulper eel 💙🎥 We were so enamored by the whiptail gulper eel (Saccopharynx lavenbergi) that this quintessential deep-sea dweller is featured in our logo. One of the first times we were lucky enough to observe one was this 1993 sighting at 880 meters (2,887 feet) deep in Monterey Canyon. In nearly four decades of deep-sea diving, we’ve only seen this species 18 times. MBARI researchers were exploring the midwater—the vast expanse of op
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We heart gulper eels ♥️🫶♥️⁠ ⁠ Gulper eels are deep-sea fish that live throughout the world’s ocean from a few hundred meters to over 2,000 meters (over 6,500 feet) in the deep midwater.⁠ ⁠ See that massive mouth? Food is scarce in the deep sea, so a gulper eel’s oversized mouth helps it swallow any morsel of food—big or small—that it comes across. Scientists think the glowing tip of this eel’s sinewy body might act as a luminescent lure to attract unsuspecting prey and then—gulp—it becomes dinn
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Check out this footage of a rare gulper eel shape shifting to intimidate predators https://cnn.it/2CD7N1a | CNN International
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