You’ll meet some of the ocean’s strangest creatures: the anglerfish with its glowing lure, the vampire squid, the gulper eels, and the nearly invisible glass octopus.

Gulper Eel The gulper eel, or pelican eel, has a massive mouth, grows six feet, and swallows large prey when food is scarce.

Found in the deep ocean, the gulper eel’s unusual appearance makes it one of the creepiest creatures in the sea. ALSO READ: 7 mind-blowing facts about the ocean Lifestyle ...

Gulper eels are one of the strangest creatures dwelling in the deep sea. Often referred to as “pelican eel”, this nickname is aptly applied to the gulper eel due to its distinctive physical ...

Gulper eels (Saccopharynx), also known as pelican eels, are a genus of deep-sea fish with slender bodies and huge mouths that swing open to swallow prey of all sizes whole.

The gulper eel (Saccopharynx lavenbergi), with its roughly meter-long tail and gigantic mouth, slinks through the water as delicately as a rhythmic gymnast’s ribbon.

The pelican eel (Eurypharynx pelecanoides) is a type of gulper eel characterised by its large, pelican-like mouth, which can be longer than its body and is used to swallow prey whole. Found in the ...

However, what truly sets the gulper eel apart—and inspired its name—is its gigantic mouth. Despite its slender body, the gulper eel’s mouth can suddenly expand like a soap bubble, allowing ...

The gulper eel possesses an enormous mouth, enabling it to gulp down prey significantly larger than itself. It can open its mouth wide enough to swallow creatures nearly the size of its own body.

Remotely operated vehicle on a research dive captures close-up video of a beady-eyed gulper eel with a parasitic copepod permanently attached to its body.