A very large mealSourced
An 86-centimetre fish inside a 19-centimetre fish
A black swallower found off Grand Cayman in 2007 measured 19 centimetres. Its stomach contained an 86-centimetre snake mackerel. The deep-sea species has an expandable stomach for swallowing large prey whole.
Dinner was more than four times its length.
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