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This amphipod crustacean, a Phronima, uses its pincer-like legs to cling to the gelatinous bodies of its prey, the salp. After consuming the innards of a salp the Phronima will bury its body into the vacated space and lay their eggs.

Credit: © Karen Osborn, Smithsonian

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