Tadpoles of African dwarf clawed frogs catch their prey by a surprising means.
SPEED KILLS. A tadpole’s tubular mouth (arrow) shoots out to capture a brine shrimp. Nature
Tadpoles typically work their elaborate, jagged mouthparts over a surface, making a soup of the scrapings. Pumping movements of the mouth cavity gently pull in and filter the resulting slurry.
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