The Beroe ovata comb jelly is a voracious predator. They like nothing better than to swallow prey whole, preferably some other gelatinous planktonic organism. Inside their large mouths are a special type of cilia – the macrocilia – used to bite and seize prey.
Originally published by Cosmos as Cannibal comb jellies
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