Camouflaged whitemargin stargazer (Uranoscopus sulphureus) fish peering out of a sandy slope. This ambush predator uses its tongue (brown), which mimi

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Camouflaged whitemargin stargazer (Uranoscopus sulphureus) fish peering out of a sandy slope. This ambush predator uses its tongue (brown), which mimics a polychaete worm, to lure prey closer. Photographed in Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

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Photo credit: © ETHAN DANIELS/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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