How does the small cookiecutter shark extract neat, circular plugs of flesh from much larger marine animals?

Stunning prey with electrical discharges before feeding

Latching on with suction and rotating its body 360 degrees

Injecting a digestive enzyme that dissolves hide before biting

Using sharp, saw-like pectoral fins to slice into tissue

What unique physical adaptation allows the epaulette shark to hunt across shallow reef flats during low tide?

Changing skin color rapidly to blend in with coral branches

Walking on its paddle-like fins and surviving low oxygen levels

Exhaling freshwater from a specialized internal bladder

Secretions of paralyzing mucus into stagnant tidal pools

Protrusible jaws that snap forward on elastic ligaments

Bioluminescent lures lining the inside of its mouth

An expandable esophagus that creates strong suction

A high-pressure jet of water expelled from its gill slits

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