hunting is the way of life for many organisms in the world, both past and present. Once, humans were only hunters and gatherers as we moved around to follow and chase our prey. While that aspect of ourselves is no longer necessary, it is still there. We see many animals in the wild exhibit a wide variety of predation as they employ their own skills and methods to take down a prey. Some slowly watch and creep up on their prey and pounce when the moment is right. Others chase their prey at high speeds until one or the other cannot go further. There are those that build traps for the unsuspected and when triggered, their fate is decided. There are numerous ways in which predators hunt their preys. Recently, marine scientist have discovered a new method of predation that has never been seen before. They came across this method while they were examining nudibranchs in their natural habitats below the waters.
What Are Nudibranchs?
Nudibranchs, commonly referred to as sea slugs, are a group of over 3,000 marine species that are soft-bodied and shed their shells after their larval stage. They are among the many different gastropod species, which includes things like snails and slugs. While they are called sea slugs, nudibranchs are not all sea slugs and not all sea slugs are nudibranchs. Sea slugs come from many different taxonomic groups. They are found all over the world in many different saltwater areas and are even found in shallow or deep depths. This is owed to the fact that there is such a large amount of variety in this group and so there are numerous adaptations to these different environments across the species. Nudibranchs are referred to as benthic animals because they
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