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Slingshot feeding of the goblin shark Mitsukurina owstoni (Pisces: Lamniformes: Mitsukurinidae)

Five striking and prey capture events of two goblin sharks were videotaped at sea for the first time, showing their extraordinary biting process. The goblin sharks swung their lower jaw downward and backward to attain a huge gape and then rapidly protruded the jaws forward a considerable distance. T...

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Autores principales: Nakaya, Kazuhiro, Tomita, Taketeru, Suda, Kenta, Sato, Keiichi, Ogimoto, Keisuke, Chappell, Anthony, Sato, Toshihiko, Takano, Katsuhiko, Yuki, Yoshio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4901258/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27282933
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep27786