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Freddy Krueger Award for Horrifying Hunting

hagfish
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True to its name, the hagfish has a rather unattractive habit —sucking the guts out of dead and dying fish. Using tooth-like plates on its tongue and a single tooth in its mouth, the hagfish bores into its prey's body and eats away all of the animal's flesh and intestines.


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