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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
Director of Production
Gerta Xhelo
Editorial Director
Alex Rosenthal
Producer
Bethany Cutmore-Scott
Editorial Producer
Dan Kwartler
Script Editor
Alex Gendler
Fact-Checker
Eden Girma

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