Researchers determined in a new study that Japanese eels can escape a predator fish's stomach through a unique exit route after being swallowed whole by the biggest fish.

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.

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.

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.

Escape behavior of Japanese eel A. japonica juveniles through the predator’s digestive tract after being captured. The photographs and drawings (B—E) show X-ray images (left) and corresponding ...

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 ...

In a scientific first, researchers in Japan have used X-ray videography to capture the behavior of live prey inside its predator's digestive tract. The dark sleeper fish ( Odontobutis obscura ...

"They escape from the predator's stomach by moving back up the digestive tract towards the gills after being captured by the predatory fish," Yuuki Kawabata from the Nagasaki University in Japan said.

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