Tiny Tentacled Creature Rips Itself Open To Eat Prey | Video

Tuesday, March 8, 2016 - 13:31 in Biology & Nature

Hydra vulgaris capture and sting their prey with tentacles, but must sever their own cells to devour it. Scientists genetically engineered Hydra cells to color code two tissue layers in order to see the process in action.

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