In the restored San Gennaro Catacombs, mosaics of jaw-dropping beauty glisten under high-tech lighting. Tombs that once housed the remains of Christian saints and martyrs are carved right into hardened volcanic ash.
Unlike Jaws and Alien, whose creatures are soulless things to be destroyed, Godzilla resonates because of something that once defined the best monster movies - a sense of compassion for the monster.
Unlike Jaws and Alien, whose creatures are soulless things to be destroyed, Godzilla resonates because of something that once defined the best monster movies - a sense of compassion for the monster.
Unlike Jaws and Alien, whose creatures are soulless things to be destroyed, Godzilla resonates because of something that once defined the best monster movies - a sense of compassion for the monster.
In the restored San Gennaro Catacombs, mosaics of jaw-dropping beauty glisten under high-tech lighting. Tombs that once housed the remains of Christian saints and martyrs are carved right into hardened volcanic ash.
In the restored San Gennaro Catacombs, mosaics of jaw-dropping beauty glisten under high-tech lighting. Tombs that once housed the remains of Christian saints and martyrs are carved right into hardened volcanic ash.
In the restored San Gennaro Catacombs, mosaics of jaw-dropping beauty glisten under high-tech lighting. Tombs that once housed the remains of Christian saints and martyrs are carved right into hardened volcanic ash.
It is considered one of the fiercest creatures in the sea. Unlucky fish and unsuspecting seabirds were snared inside Xiphactinus's upturned jaw, which was lined with giant, fang-like teeth.
It is considered one of the fiercest creatures in the sea. Unlucky fish and unsuspecting seabirds were snared inside Xiphactinus's upturned jaw, which was lined with giant, fang-like teeth.
The viperfish is one of the fiercest predators in the sea, with long, needle-like teeth and hinged lower jaws. It lures its prey with lights on its dorsal spine.
The viperfish is one of the fiercest predators in the sea, with long, needle-like teeth and hinged lower jaws. It lures its prey with lights on its dorsal spine.
The viperfish is one of the fiercest predators in the sea, with long, needle-like teeth and hinged lower jaws. It lures its prey with lights on its dorsal spine.
The viperfish is one of the fiercest predators in the sea, with long, needle-like teeth and hinged lower jaws. It lures its prey with lights on its dorsal spine.
So, why do we have chins? Did they emerge to buttress the jaw against the stresses of speech, or simply as a way to attract mates? It is possible that multiple causal factors helped to evolve this bony protuberance.
Amphiumas, eel-like aquatic salamanders of the southeastern US, have incredibly strong jaws that permit them to crush crayfish, their primary prey, with a single chomp.