• DoucheAsaurus@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    When reached for comment, the Philadelphia Enquirer’s two telescoping chelicerae pierce the skin and, by moving alternately, generate a toehold. Subsequently, a breaststroke-like motion, effected by simultaneous flexure and retraction of both chelicerae, pulls in the barbed hypostome and they begin to feed.