Page 105 - Design in Nature

Cuttlefish receive great help during
hunting from the tentacles in its
mouth. These whiplike tentacles
normally remain coiled in pouches
beneath its arms. When the fish
encounters a prey, it unleashes
them and snatches up the prey. The
fish relies on its adequately
designed arms (eight in total) to
take care of the rest. It can easily
tear a crab to bits by using its
beak. The cuttlefish uses its beak
with such mastery that it can
neatly puncture the shell of a crab
and rasp out the meat with its
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tongue.