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After being swallowed alive, Japanese eels were able to escape from a predator fish’s stomach and swim to freedom through the fish’s gills, new research shows.

Thirteen of the eels managed to get their tails out via the gills, and nine successfully escaped. The escapees took an average of 56 seconds to fully remove themselves from the fish.

Thirteen eels managed to get their tails out of the fish’s gills and nine effected a successful escape. It took these eels an average of just under a minute to escape, the study noted.

Japanese eels use burrowing and swimming motions to move around the seafloor—and to escape from inside the stomach of a predator. Tommy Hui via iNaturalist under CC BY-NC 4.0. Prey animals have ...

X-ray footage shows how Japanese eels escape from a predator’s stomach It took escaping eels 56 seconds on average to free themselves from death. Jennifer Ouellette – Sep 10, 2024 2:37 pm | 77 ...

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