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Pelican eel: The midnight zone ‘gulper’ with a giant mouth to swallow animals bigger than itself

The lower jaw of a gulper eel is about one-quarter as long as its entire body. (Image credit: David Shale, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons) QUICK FACTS Name: Pelican eel (Eurypharynx pelecanoides) Where it lives: In tropical and temperate regions of the deep ocean, at depths from 1,600 feet to nearly 10,000 feet (500 to

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