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What Is The Weirdest Eel?

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The mysterious gulper eel , also known as the pelican eel, is one of the most unusual deep-sea animals. The gulper eel might look like your run-of-the-mill eel: it has a long, narrow body that undulates back and forth to move through the water. Why are eels unique? Eels can swim backwards and forwards Even … Read more

Is Pelican Eel Same As Gulper Eel?

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It is also referred to as the gulper eel (which can also refer to members of the related genus Saccopharynx), pelican gulper, and umbrella-mouth gulper. The specific epithet pelecanoides refers to the pelican, as the fish’s large mouth is reminiscent to that of the pelican. Are pelican eel rare? Pelican eels are very rare species … Read more