Durophagy

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Durophagy is to eat (live from) hard or hard shelled organisms, shuch as corals, bivalves or crabs [1]. The expression is mostly used in connection with fish, but see Pregil (1984) for the expression used for reptiles[2]. Durophagy requires special adaptions, such as blunt, strong teeth and a heavy jaw. [3]

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  1. ^ Huber, D.R., M.N. Dean & A.P. Summers (2008): Hard prey, soft jaws and the ontogeny of feeding mechanics in the spotted ratfish Hydrolagus colliei. Journal of the Royal Society Interface(online publishing) [1]
  2. ^ Pregil, G. (1984): Durophagous Feeding Adaptations in an Amphisbaenid. Journal of Herpetology 18, No. 2 pp 186-191 [2]
  3. ^ Huber, D.R. & al. (2005): Analysis of the bite force and mechanical design of the feeding mechanism of the durophagous horn shark Heterodontus francisci. The Journal of Experimental Biology 208, pp 3553-3571 [3]