Lobster Feces After a Meal of Japanese Sea Nettle Jellyfish (IMAGE)
Caption
Empty circles are the nematocysts, or stinging cells, of jellyfish that have been packed together and wrapped tightly into packages of feces in the beginning of the lobster's digestive tract. The membrane, which can be seen extending off to the right side of the image, is a mechanical adaptation to prevent lobsters from being killed by their venomous food.
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Image by Kaori Wakabayashi of Hiroshima University, originally published in Plankton and Benthos Research.
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