This Tiny Freshwater Creature Rips Open Its Flesh To Eat
- 8 years ago
Researchers took a closer look at the highly dramatic feeding process of the hydra, observing the flesh-splitting means of creating a mouth on a cellular level.
When it comes to strange feeding behaviors, the hydra is certainly towards the top end of the list. Every time the freshwater creatures eat, they must rip open their flesh to create a mouth.
Not long ago, researchers from the University of California, San Diego, took a closer look at the highly dramatic process, observing the tearing apart process on a cellular level.
By injecting the hydra with fluorescent proteins, they were able to home in on which cells were at wor
When it comes to strange feeding behaviors, the hydra is certainly towards the top end of the list. Every time the freshwater creatures eat, they must rip open their flesh to create a mouth.
Not long ago, researchers from the University of California, San Diego, took a closer look at the highly dramatic process, observing the tearing apart process on a cellular level.
By injecting the hydra with fluorescent proteins, they were able to home in on which cells were at wor