Toadfish and the Worm
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The pictures below depict this consumption process as performed by an oyster toadfish (Opsanus tao) in the SciTech Education Program lab (www.umbi.umd.edu/~scitech). Each individual photo represents a single frame of video at a rate of 30 frames/sec. How long did it take for the toadfish to eat the worm???
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Frame 1
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Frame 2
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Frame 3
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Frame 4
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Another happy customer
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