while the Japanese eel (or Anguilla japonica) might be prey to dark sleeper fish (Odontobutis obscura), the circle of life doesn't have to end there for the snake-like creatures thanks to a unique ...

Beneath the waves are millions of dangerous sea creatures – and they exist in every continent, from Oceania to Asia and ...

Dark sleeper fish (Odontobutis obscura) can gulp down young Japanese eels (Anguilla japonica) whole, but the swallowed eels can wriggle back up through the digestive tract and out of the stomach ...

NAGASAKI—A team of researchers here has captured astonishing X-ray footage of young eels making a dramatic, Houdini-like escape from the stomach of a large predatory fish. After being swallowed ...

Whether $5 or $50, every contribution counts. Researchers found that the eels insert the tips of their tails in the food pipe and the gills of the predator fish before pulling their heads free.

But a study in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on September 9, 2024 has taken it to another level by offering the first video evidence of juvenile Japanese eels escaping after being ...

[Related: These snakes play dead, bleed, and poop to avoid being eaten.] Previously, this team researchers found that some Japanese eels can escape from a predator’s gills after they are ...

Scientists in Japan have discovered that Japanese eels can escape from the digestive tract of predatory dark sleeper fish after being swallowed. The eels move backward up the predator's digestive ...

For most animals, ending up in a predator’s stomach means all is lost. But not for Japanese eels. In a study published Monday in the journal Current Biology, scientists filmed juvenile Japanese ...