Imagine you’re a Japanese eel, swimming around just minding your own business when—bam! A predatory fish swallows you whole and you only have a few minutes to make your escape before certain death.

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Many prey species have defensive tactics to escape being eaten by their would-be predators. But a new study has taken it to another level by offering the first video evidence of juvenile Japanese eels ...

Many prey species have defensive tactics to escape being eaten by their would-be predators. But a study in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on September 9, 2024 has taken it to another level by ...