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slingshot feeding v. / 'sliŋ- shät 'fē-diŋ

Hurling your mouth forward to eat something. It's not attractive but the goblin shark a flabby denizen of the deep sea relies on this trick to make up for its pathetic swimming. Thanks to extra-long jaw ligaments a 12-foot adult can shoot its teeth ahead by more than a foot.

December 2016

Author - Christopher Swinford
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