Darkfield photo of a brown hydra (Hydra oligactis) that is in the process of swallowing a tiny mosquito larva

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Size: 4652px × 3489px
Location: Ladner, Delta, BC, Canada
Photo credit: © Ernest Cooper / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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