Shrimp don't stand a chance against the strangely jointed jaws of the longnose butterflyfish.
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Whitfield, J. Fish point and shoot. Nature (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/news010215-13
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/news010215-13