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X-ray video captures eels escaping from predator’s stomachs

Cosmos Magazine - Tue 10 Sep 24

For prey, entering the stomach of a predator is usually the end of the road. But, in a world first, a research team from Japan has used X-ray videography to show how Japanese eels escape after ...

Watch eels escape from the stomachs of fish after being swallowed

Newscientist - Mon 9 Sep 24

X-ray videos of Japanese eels swallowed whole by dark sleeper fish have revealed how the eels can make a daring escape from being digested

The Terrifying Way That Eels Escape a Hungry Fish’s Stomach

New York Times - Mon 9 Sep 24

X-ray videos showed that some young Japanese eels demonstrated that they were not content to become a predator’s meal.

Video of eels wiggling out of predator’s stomach stuns scientists

The Independent - Mon 9 Sep 24

Japanese eels take an average of under a minute to escape fish gut, scientists find

Video evidence: Japanese eels escape from their predator's stomach

Phys.org - Mon 9 Sep 24

Many prey species have defensive tactics to escape being eaten by their would-be predators. But a study published in Current Biology on September 9, 2024 has taken it to another level by offering ...

How Japanese eels escape from their predator's stomach, ScienceDaily - Mon 9 Sep 24
Watch these Japanese eels escape from their predator’s stomach, Eurekalert - Mon 9 Sep 24

Watch an eel climb up its predator's digestive tract and wriggle to freedom through its gills

Livescience - Wed 11 Sep 24

An eel inside the digestive tract of a dark sleeper fish before its escape attempt. ...

Watch Eels Make a Great Escape From a Fish's Stomach After Being Swallowed Alive

Smithsonian Magazine - Tue 10 Sep 24

For the first time, scientists witnessed Japanese eels free themselves from the stomach of a predatory fish in X-ray video footage

Watch Japanese eels escape through a predatory fish’s gills

Ars Technica - Tue 10 Sep 24

Enlarge / "The only species of fish confirmed to be able to escape from the digestive tract of the predatory fish after being captured.” (credit: Hasegawa et al./Current Biology) ...

Talk about a lucky escape! Incredible footage reveals how swallowed eels can wriggle their way out of their predator's stomachs

Daily Mail - Mon 9 Sep 24

Researchers from Nagasaki University have used a specialised X-ray camera to capture the moment an eel slips out from the stomach of its predator.

Japanese eels can escape predators’ stomach through their gills, finds study

The Guardian - Mon 9 Sep 24

Eels use tail-first technique to back up digestive tract of fish towards oesophagus before coming out of gillsIt sounds like the plot of a horror movie – a predator swallows its prey only ...

Amazing Footage Shows How Eels Escape Death After Being Swallowed

ScienceAlert - Mon 9 Sep 24

We've never seen this before!

Watch an eel escape a fish’s stomach through its gills

Popular Science - Mon 9 Sep 24

Some teenage Japanese eels have found a way to avoid becoming a fish’s next meal. Anguilla japonica eels can escape a predator’s stomach through the fish’s gills. Now, scientists are ...

'Astonishing': Eaten Eels Recorded Escaping From Fish Guts

International Business Times - Mon 9 Sep 24

Eels that have been swallowed by fish have been recorded for the first time sliding tail-first back out of their would-be predators' stomach and escaping out of their gills, a study said Monday. ...