OKINAWA CHURASHIMA FOUNDATION(See K. Nakaya, “Slingshot feeding of the goblin shark Mitsukurina owstoni (Pisces: Lamniformes: Mitsukurinidae),” Scientific Reports, 2016.)
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To capture prey, the slow swimming, deep sea goblin shark (Mitsukurina owstoni) can transition from unprotruded jaws (top) to fully protruded jaws (bottom) in about 300 milliseconds—a tactic scientists call “slingshot feeding.”
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