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The bootlace worm
has muscles that enable
it to shrink to a tenth of its
full length if threatened,
or expand to double
its width so it can
swallow prey.
The giant siphonophore
looks like a huge, gelatinous
string. Reaching up to 40 m
(131 ft), it is the second-
longest sea creature.
More than
1,000 hair-like
stinging tentacles
extend from this
jellyfish’s bell
to snare fish and
crustaceans.
The lion’s mane jellyfish
is the world’s largest
jellyfish, reaching up to
36 m (118 ft) in length.
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