What you can do with an extra jaw - Darien Satterfield
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After stalking a cuttlefish, a moray eel finally pounces. As the eel snags the mollusk in its teeth, its prey struggles to escape. But before it can wiggle away, a second set of teeth lunge from the eel’s throat. This adaptation is called a pharyngeal jaw, and is one of the most common adaptations under the sea. Darien Satterfield shares how this incredible skeletal mechanism works.
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Meet The Creators
- Educator
- Darien Satterfield
- Director
- Zack Williams
- Narrator
- Addison Anderson
- Music
- Maxwell Sorensen
- Sound Designer
- Maxwell Sorensen