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. 2019 Jul 11;11(7):402. doi: 10.3390/toxins11070402

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The pufferfish Takifugu niphobles (at present Takifugu alboplumbeus) feeding on the toxic flatworm Planocera multitentaculata egg plates in the wild. Panel A, Multiple pufferfish (yellow arrowheads) feeding on the egg plates on rocks. Panel B, Exposed rock showing multiple flatworm egg plates (red arrowheads) deposited on the surface. Panels C and D, Rock surface showing the intact egg plates before pufferfish feeding, and bare rock soon after feeding, respectively. Scale bars, 10 mm. The video of the feeding behavior is provided as supplementary data (Video S1).