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Please explain how the anglerfish attracts its prey and why you think it is unique.

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hope this helps :)

Step-by-step explanation:

The deep sea anglerfish's lure is filled with bacteria that make their own light. Using a muscular skin flap, a deep sea anglerfish can either hide or reveal its lighted lure. By pulsing the light and moving the lure back and forth, they successfully attract pelagic crustaceans, fishes, and other prey.

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The anglerfish attracts its prey by lighting up its lure, which is an evolved dorsal fin, and the light, which is made up of many bacteria that make their own light, pulses, and then the anglerfish moves the lure back and forth just enough for its prey to be attracted and think that the lure is a worm of some sort. (Sorry for some potential grammar errors) I think it's unique because of the way it lures in its prey. (This is just my opinion)

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