Sliced and dyed section of a velvet worm (Peripatus moseleyi) prepared on a slide. Onychophora are found in tropical regions of the Southern Hemispher

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Sliced and dyed section of a velvet worm (Peripatus moseleyi) prepared on a slide. Onychophora are found in tropical regions of the Southern Hemisphere. They prey on smaller animals such as insects, which they catch by squirting adhesive mucus.

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Photo credit: © NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM, LONDON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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