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members of the
family have
large heads,
cryptic colors, and very
large protractile mouths capable of
taking prey
items nearly as
large as they are. These...
- to
breastfeed successfully. One
study of
women with
inverted or non-
protractile nipples found no
statistically significant difference in breastfeeding...
- This led some to
think that the
upper jaw of
Squalus would not be as
protractile as the jaws of
other sharks. However, a
study that
compared different...
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phalanges of the paws and are made of keratin. Many
predatory mammals have
protractile claws that can
partially hide
inside the animal's paw,
especially the...
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pikes and
their relatives, as they
share some features: a flat head with
protractile mouth beset with cardiform, villiform, or compressed, bi- or tricuspid...
- and the
profile a
straight line from
dorsal fin to mouth. The
mouth is
protractile, and the
lower jaw juts out.
Sizes are
fairly small,
typically up to...
- and only 1
spine in the
pelvic fins. The
upper part of the
mouth is
protractile,
allowing them to
snatch up
little fishes, copepods, amphypods, shrimp...
- on
their forefeet and four on
their hind feet.
Their curved claws are
protractile and
attached to the
terminal bones of the toe with
ligaments and tendons...
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ventral and
dorsal surfaces. The
mouth is large, crescent-shaped and
protractile, with the
upper lip
continuous while the
lower lip is
interrupted by...
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larger objects including sharks and jellyfish. The
species uses its
protractile jaws to suck out prey from the sand or reef, and
consumes a
variety of...
