Bought a new Tessalata Eel

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metalyx;2915407; said:
If I could piggy back on that:

The main of the problems come in the bite. The teeth are somewhat irregularly placed so it's not a uniform bite and they face backwards to better keep food from escaping. The real danger (if you're not hamburger by this point) is the second set of jaws located at the top of the esophagus. Just like Aliens, which used the moray jaws to model the beast, the second set of jaws will descend to grab food in the moray's mouth and pull it in. This is the concern in losing fingers and so forth.

Thanks for watching kids, this has been The Moray Minute with Metalyx.
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I did not know that either....Seems as if this might be quite the learning experience-


Keep the info comming please......
 
Gr8 info boys, cant wait for the pics!!!

What problems you got ak?
 
metalyx;2916827; said:
Found at impactlabs.
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the first jaws were nothing more than modified gill rakers...


still 2 sets of jaws is BA!

what was that like the first time they ever took an x-ray of a moray?
 
Another thing to keep your eyes on, and this is based solely on home experience.

Watch out for food hiding. I don't know what causes this habit but for the first month about half of all food fed was hidden under rocks. This spiked my levels horribly and another month without feeding and she no longer hid food. If by chance she does escape, don't be too freaked out if the eel develops a light pink color. Mine did and I assume it was due to oxygen exposure but nothing to worry about.

Swim on!
 
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