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Deep-sea fish with teeth so big it can't close its own mouth.
means A deep-sea fish named for its oversized, needle-like teeth — proportionally the largest of any fish in the ocean.
from Simple and literal: 'fang' (a long, sharp tooth, traced back through Old English to a root meaning 'to seize' or 'catch') plus 'tooth.' No myth-making needed here — sailors and naturalists who hauled these creatures up from the deep just named what they saw.
- tooth ratio
- largest teeth relative to body of any fish
- jaw design
- skull has sockets so fangs don't impale its brain
- habitat
- lives up to 16000 feet down
- reputation vs reality
- looks monstrous, barely bigger than a hand