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.
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The color commentary from the scientists is priceless. The fish is called a gulper eel. Its pouchlike mouth can inflate to swallow very large prey. This is a particularly young eel; adults can be up to three feet long.

Read more in "Watch a Gulper Eel Inflate and Deflate Itself, Shocking Scientists"
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