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A Little Fish in The Deep Sea Swallowed a Meal Way Bigger Than Itself. Scientists Caught It on Camera. : ScienceAlert (opens in a new tab)

A Little Fish in The Deep Sea Swallowed a Meal Way Bigger Than Itself. Scientists Caught It on Camera. · 2026-10-11

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Several possible studies

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A Little Fish in The Deep Sea Swallowed a Meal Way Bigger Than Itself. Scientists Caught It on Camera. : ScienceAlert

A Little Fish in The Deep Sea Swallowed a Meal Way Bigger Than Itself. Scientists Caught It on Camera. · 2026-10-11

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Several studies could be the source of this story.

More than one paper fits the article's details, and none fits well enough to single out. Checking claims against the wrong study would be worse than not checking them at all.

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Several studies could fit.

More than one paper fits the article's details, and none fits well enough to single out. Checking claims against the wrong study would be worse than not checking them at all.

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Claim 1 of 5Not checkedScientists captured a black swallower fish on camera during a recent deep-sea dive near Trinidad and Tobago at 1,259 meters deep.View evidenceHide evidence

As stated1,259 meters deep

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Claim 2 of 5Not checkedThe black swallower fish can gulp down prey up to ten times its mass.View evidenceHide evidence

As statedup to ten times its mass

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Claim 3 of 5Not checkedThe newly observed fish had a stomach so distended that its skin looked almost transparent and its internal organs and intestines could be seen.View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 4 of 5Not checkedScientists could not tell what the animal had eaten, and the article says the mystery may never be solved without a CT scanner at sea.View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 5 of 5Not checkedThe article says some scientists have speculated that black swallower fish eat prey tail first and 'walk' it back into their belly with hooked, backwards-pointing teeth, but calls that speculation based on appearance.View evidenceHide evidence

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