{"id":143754,"date":"2021-11-04T17:55:16","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T17:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=143754"},"modified":"2021-11-04T17:55:16","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T17:55:16","slug":"terrifying-alien-like-beast-with-extending-jaw-that-impales-its-prey-freaks-out-reddit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/terrifying-alien-like-beast-with-extending-jaw-that-impales-its-prey-freaks-out-reddit\/","title":{"rendered":"Terrifying alien-like beast with extending jaw that impales its prey freaks out Reddit"},"content":{"rendered":"

REDDIT users have freaked out after seeing an alien-like beast with an extending jaw that impales its prey,<\/p>\n

Pictures of the viper dogfish show off its scary snapping jaws and razor sharp teeth.<\/p>\n


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The caption of the Reddit photo read: "Viper dogfish, a deep sea shark from the pacific ocean. These jaws sure are metal."<\/p>\n

Users were shocked and in awe of the alien-like deep sea creature.<\/p>\n

One Reddit user said: "My new favorite ocean dweller? Maybe, that this is awesome. Mix of fish, snake, and xenomorph."<\/p>\n

Another said: "Looks like a small version of a goblin shark. They have the same protrusible jaws, both are wacky looking."<\/p>\n

A third person agreed: "So growing an extra set of jaws is apparently an evolutionary perk when living in the deep sea. Good to know."<\/p>\n

The viper dogfish is\u00a0something of a biological mash-up, sporting features also seen in distantly related shark groups, reports Earth News.<\/p>\n

The animal's snake-like head is reminiscent of the commonly encountered\u00a0frilled shark,\u00a0while\u00a0those triangular "go-go-gadget-jaws," are similar to\u00a0slingshot-feeders like the\u00a0goblin shark.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The\u00a0spiky teeth of the dogfish are better suited to grasping rather than cutting and sheering, and some prey items (small fishes and crustaceans) recovered from dogfish bellies were\u00a0swallowed whole.<\/p>\n

With so few specimens available for study, it's tough\u00a0to pin down these details with certainty, and more work is needed to determine viper-dogfish abundance, conservation status, and any potential threats. <\/p>\n

It follows the news that a blood-sucking eel with rows of swirling teeth has finally been spotted after a 20-year hunt.<\/p>\n

Tour guide Sean Blocksidge extraordinarily discovered six of the lampreys – dubbed "living dinosaurs" – at ONCE, after two decades of searching.<\/p>\n

The strange jawless creatures evolved millions of years ago and have scaleless, elongated bodies as well as a specialist mouth known as a sucker.<\/p>\n

They have a reputation for guzzling the blood of their prey, earning them the nickname of "vampire fish".<\/p>\n

Sean, 49, had heard local legends in Margaret River, Australia, about the elusive lampreys migrating up local waterfalls, but said they had not been sighted in 10 years.<\/p>\n

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