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Chiasmodon, Gulper Eels, and other species of fish that ingest prey larger than themselves are probably more sluggish with the extra weight. How do they escape predators in this engorged state?
gpt
I don’t think they have to. Many of them are ambush predators who live in the deep sea. The reason they can eat such large prey is because encounters with living things of any sort are rare in their environment, so they need to be sure they can eat most anything that comes along. So once they’ve eaten something, odds they can just sit and wait digesting their food waiting for the next meal to swim by. And the extra size from their distended mouths may even serve to make them harder to attack by making themselves harder for other fish to swallow.