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Little Fish Eats Big Fish. Explodes. Dies.

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By Amos Zeeberg (Discover Web Editor)
Oct 24, 2007 11:25 PMNov 5, 2019 8:42 AM
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A fish called a great swallower lived up to its name when it tried to eat a snake mackerel that was a full four times its own length off the coast of the Cayman Islands. A passing fisherman spotted the weird fish-in-a-fish and brought it back to Cayman Department of the Environment.

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