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Mollusc uses its foot to escape predation

080816, Beaded Sea Star, Florida Pricklycockle, adult, close up, copyrighted, defense, disk / oval, echinoderm, horizontal, hunting, jumping / leaping, landscape, macro, mature, mollusk, muck, orange, sand

This mollusc, a Florida Prickly Cockle, uses its foot to escape predation. If caught the sea star will inject its stomach inside the mollusc’s shell and digest the mollusc in place.