Weedy seadragons have no teeth, but instead feed by way of suction with a pipe-like terminal mouth and an intricate system of bones pulled by muscles.
Weedy seadragons have no teeth, but instead feed by way of suction. Their pipe-like terminal mouth has an intricate system of bones pulled by muscles to create a strong suction force that is directed at food.
The weedy seadragon is a carnivore and feeds on mysid shrimps, carid shrimps, prawns of the genus Lucifer, sea lice, larval fish, zooplankton, and other small crustaceans.
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• Sources | (Frostic, 2000; Glover, Southcott, & Kendrick & Hyndes, 2005; MESA, 2015; Pollom, 2017; Scott, 1974; The Wikimedia Foundation, 2019)
