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What fish can swallow prey several times longer and heavier than themselves?

The black livethroat fish, living at depths of 700 meters and below, has adapted to absorb prey, which can be 2 times longer and 10 times heavier than itself. This is possible due to the strongly stretching stomach of the black livethroat. Sometimes the prey is so large that it begins to decompose before it is digested, and the gases released in this process push the living throat to the surface of the ocean.

Authors: Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger

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