The trap was nothing more than a simple hose with bread placed inside as bait. It was dropped into a small jungle creek that looked almost empty. When the trap was pulled out of the water, something ...

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A species of Japanese eel has proven to be a master escape artist, capable of wriggling its way through a predator’s digestive tract to freedom. While it was known previously that Anguila japonica ...

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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American eels are slimy, sinuous creatures that slither their slender, scaled bodies through water both fresh and salty. But not much is known about this elusive eel, found in nearly every aquatic ...

When you’re a predatory fish, sometimes the lunch you gobbled up doesn’t agree with you. Rather than accepting its fate, the still-living meal escapes your stomach and flees through the nearest ...