Those are n’t the foot pedal of a especially alien flower , they ’re the papillae inside a Loggerhead polo-neck ’s pharynx .
The inward - pointing papillae are plow in a thick mucous secretion that helps permeate out composition of uneatable cloth a Loggerhead might run into — whether its invertebrate shells or actual trash — sort of like a miniatureSarlacc . Besides how genuinely weird their interior look , what make this shortsighted video all the more extraordinary is that knucklehead are an endangered specie , meaning dissecting one was likely a uncommon treat for these nautical life scientist .
The post-mortem took place at Woods Hole Oceanic Institution . Although there are other photos , be monish that they’resignificantlymoregruesome .
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