Crunch! Underwater acoustics expose 'shell-crushing' sounds in a large marine predator
Loading video... VIDEO: Turn up the sound! Using the whitespotted eagle ray and underwater acoustic recorders, a study is the first to characterize how they consume hard-shelled mollusk prey like clams in a... view more Credit: Florida Atlantic University's Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute "Shell-crushing" - exactly what it sounds like - is a predatory mode used by numerous marine life from crabs to octopuses to large fishes and mammals when they eat hard-shelled mollusks like clams, oysters and conchs. These predators have to break apart the shell using robust claws or fortified...