Watch Scientists' Hilarious Reaction to Bizarre Deep-Sea Fish
September 21, 2018 - Scientists on the Nautilus team ran into a mysterious creature on a recent expedition in Hawaii. The strange fish was found nearly a mile beneath the surface. The color commentary from the scientists is priceless. The fish is called a gulper eel. Its pouch-like mouth can inflate to swallow very large prey. This is a particularly young eel; adults can be up to three feet long.
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Scientists on the Nautilus team ran into a mysterious creature on a recent expedition in Hawaii.
The strange fish was found nearly a mile beneath the surface.
The color commentary from the scientists is priceless.
The fish is called a gulper eel. Its pouch-like mouth can inflate to swallow very large prey.
This is a particularly young eel; adults can be up to three feet long.