The pinecone type of this creature has luminescent organs in its jaws
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Bioluminescence - Deep Sea Creatures on Sea and Sky  The creatures here have evolved their own ways of dealing with the ... A notable exception is the Malacosteid family of fishes, also known as Loosejaws. ... fish has a light-producing organ near its eyes that is covered with an eyelid-type flap.
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Pinecone Fish Pictures and Facts - Monocentris japonicus | SeaPics ...  It has a large, blunt head, and interestingly, its dorsal fin is not situated on the ... The second dorsal and anal fins are at the rear of the animal, pointing backward. All pinecone fish have phosphorescent organs at either side of the lower jaw that...
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pinecone fish | Britannica.com  Luminescent organs occur on the lower jaw. ... These fishes feed at night and have bright photophores, or bioluminescent organs, at the tips of their lower jaws; they ... Any animal of the subphylum Vertebrata, the predominant subphylum of the...
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Single gene lets bacteria jump from host to host  Feb 1, 2009 ... It seems that every animal we know about has microbes associated with it, ... In the Pacific, a species of bacteria known as Vibrio fischeri lives in luminescent ... of the bacterium colonizes a light organ within the animal's jaw and ... and allowed it to expand its host range into the squid, according to Mandel.
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Pincone Fish - Yellow Luminescent Deep Sea Swimmer | Animal ...  Pincone Fish - A yellow pinecone swimming in the deep ocean waters. ... Fishes - All Types of Fish Species / Pincone Fish - Yellow Luminescent Deep Sea ... give the fish a marked resemblance to a pinecone, hence its common name. ... It also has large pelvic spines. ... Under the lower jaw are two light-producing organs.
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Tasmanian Devil | National Geographic  Tasmanian devils are the world's largest carnivorous marsupials and among ... Its oversize head houses sharp teeth and strong, muscular jaws that can deliver,...
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Green Anaconda Facts | Snake Information - Animal Fact Guide  The green anaconda can unhinge its jaw to stretch its mouth around its prey, ... on the top of their head allowing them to see and breathe while most of their body is ... to hunt, they also have the ability to sense heat emitted by potential prey. ... Anacondas are not venomous; they use constriction instead to subdue their prey.
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Teeth  Use some of the images in the links to test yourself. ... Know if a skull has a homodont or heterodont dental pattern. 3. ... Fishes: sharks, skate, gar, wolf eel, barracuda ... http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/discover/fish/anatomy/tooth-types-patches .... low crowned teeth that won't crack when crushing hard-shelled prey (mollusks).
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Coloration Some species of bony fishes, such as this ghost glass ...  For example, pencil catfish live and lay their eggs in the gills of larger fishes. ... Lampreys, cartilaginous fishes, and a few bony fishes have a flap of tissue that spirals .... Many species, such as catfish, also carry chemoreceptors on their "whiskers. ... Thus electric fishes can locate prey and avoid obstacles in murky water.
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Stephen Jay Gould - Canada in Context - Gale  The enlarged wristbone of the panda, which functions as a thumb, enables the animal to strip leaves from bamboo shoots. Although the mutation in the wrist may...
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A Twinkling Christmas Tree, Powered byan Electric Eel? | Science ...  Dec 24, 2012 ... The slender, snake-like fish have tiny eyes that are not very effective in low-light conditions. ... These large shocks can measure up to 600 volts.
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Your Inner Fish - 04_Chapter Four.pdf  Jun 3, 2015 ... have special significance for me, because it was in ... are intermediate in function between incisors and molars. ... Open and close your mouth: ... reptiles that look superficially dog-like. Walking ... There the resemblance stops. ... reptiles have a jaw made up of many bones, and their teeth ..... They called the.
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Fish Identification: Find family - FishBase  Jun 29, 2012 ... A small terminal mouth with a single row of close-set teeth. ... Many species have bright colors and are popular aquarium fishes. ... Most species have strong canines and molars for digging out and crushing clams and other hard-shelled prey. .... Scaleless body (lateral line scales modified in few species).
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Reptiles_and_Amphibians_of_Eastern_Ga - Georgia FFA  This snake is also known for standing its ground when threatened. ... Warning Rattlesnakes, Copperheads, and Cottonmouths belong to a group of ... as are eyes of harmless water snakes); facial pit between eye and nostril. .... Coloration highly variable, but back and side stripes usually well-defined. .... Costal grooves, 14.
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The round pupil in a lizard is generally better adapted for diurnal ...  The round pupil in a lizard is generally better adapted for diurnal species whereas slit pupils are ... colorful eyes / eye comparison between...reptiles lizards snakes Look at the .... if you study the crocodile eye it looks like fuzz, the llama's eye is just insanely cool .... Being a black lion is Melanism...the opposite of being Albino.
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Mechanisms and behavioural functions of structural coloration in ...  Dec 15, 2008 ... Structural coloration plays a key role in augmenting the skin ... Various cell arrangements have been identified and described in ..... light-emitting photophores in some cephalopods and fishes (Harvey 1952; Lloyd 1975, 1978; Lall et al. ... their light organs in specific directions to attract mates or lure prey.
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How do animals see in the dark? - BioMEDIA Associates  In order to survive at night, these animals had to find food in the dark. ... The most notable feature of nocturnal animals is the size of their eyes. ... It is just a minute fraction of the light needed to activate a cone cell for vision during the day. ... light, the low number of cones means nocturnal animals have sacrificed visual acuity.
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The round pupil in a lizard is generally better adapted for diurnal ...  The round pupil in a lizard is generally better adapted for diurnal species whereas ... allow them to see in ultraviolet wavelengths that the human eye cannot perceive. ... The opposite colour, black is even more rare. ..... A tufted titmouse..not flambuoyantly plumed like cousin parrot, but noticeable for my distinctive good looks
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Marine Reptiles - Marine Discovery at the University of Arizona  The jaws of crocodilians are powerful enough in closing to crush the bones of small animals, but so weak in opening that they can be held together by hand. ... by vessels in the marine iguanas' chest, which close and open to regulate body temperature. ... Strong conservation in Sabah, Hawaii and Florida have seen some...
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Print  These whales have a mottled black and white, grey or brownish back, but the rest of ... tusk. This long, spiral upper incisor tooth (one of the two teeth narwhals...
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Full text of "A source book of biological nature-study" - Internet Archive  The moth hovers in the air over these flowers, sticks its long feeding-tube ...... Probably the insect with greatest reproductive capacity is the little plant louse or aphid. ..... Coarse sawdust or granu- lated cork, like that used to pack white grapes, ...... the pistil: upper left figure, the now flows down through its flower; the others,...