{"id":6404,"date":"2022-03-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/?post_type=purple_issue&#038;p=6404"},"modified":"2022-03-23T17:50:10","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T16:50:10","slug":"quite-a-mouthful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/2022\/03\/10\/quite-a-mouthful\/","title":{"rendered":"Quite a mouthful"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"no-tts wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"no-tts aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/dj9jqhxgw9833.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/03\/402Francisco-JavierMurcia-Requena.jpg-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-tts wp-image-6726\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/03\/402Francisco-JavierMurcia-Requena.jpg-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/03\/402Francisco-JavierMurcia-Requena.jpg-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/03\/402Francisco-JavierMurcia-Requena.jpg-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/03\/402Francisco-JavierMurcia-Requena.jpg-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/03\/402Francisco-JavierMurcia-Requena.jpg.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\"><strong>LA AZOHIA, <\/strong>SPAIN<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">This Mediterranean painted comber <em>(Serranus <\/em><em>scriba) <\/em>is almost as large as the prey it\u2019s devouring.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">This carnivorous predator belongs to the family of fish that includes groupers and sea bass. The stripes on its body help conceal its outline so it can sneak up on its prey.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">The comber uses its powerful swimming muscles to quickly open its mouth, and the rapid increase in volume creates a vacuum that sucks in its prey. In this case, an unlucky green wrasse <em>(Labrus <\/em><em>viridis), <\/em>which can reach up to 47cm in length, is slurped up with overwhelming suction.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">\u201cThe green wrasse swam slowly and roughly, it was probably sick, and a few metres away I could see the [comber] hiding among the <em>Posidonia <\/em>meadow to hunt it down,\u201d says photographer Javier Murcia.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">Murcia has spent years studying animal behaviour, and this photo netted him runner-up in the behaviour category for Underwater Photographer of the Year.<\/p>\n\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n<h4><span class=\"has-inline-color has-ccp-secondary-light-color\">See some of the other entries from the Underwater Photographer of the Year competition<\/span><\/h4>\n\n<ul class=\"no-tts wp-block-purple-slider\" data-autoplay=\"true\" data-speed=\"300\" data-effect=\"fade\"><li class=\"no-tts blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img src=\"https:\/\/dj9jqhxgw9833.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/03\/1103AlisonPettitt.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"7181\" data-link=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/?attachment_id=7181\"\/><figcaption>Pettitt captured this photograph of a Tompot Blenney in an old rusty pipe while diving off Swanage Pier, UK. The picture came third in the category Bristish Waters Living Together<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"no-tts blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img src=\"https:\/\/dj9jqhxgw9833.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/03\/301AlexAlex-Dawson-Photography-AB.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"7178\" data-link=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/?attachment_id=7178\"\/><figcaption>Winner of the Wrecks category was this image of the Tyrifjord wreck in Gulen, Norway<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"no-tts blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img src=\"https:\/\/dj9jqhxgw9833.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/03\/1001DanBolt.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"7180\" data-link=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/?attachment_id=7180\"\/><figcaption>First place in the British Waters Macro category went to Dan Bolt with his photograph of Yarrels blennies in Loch Carron, Scotland<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"no-tts blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img src=\"https:\/\/dj9jqhxgw9833.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/03\/1201MartinStevens.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"7182\" data-link=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/?attachment_id=7182\"\/><figcaption>Winner in the British Waters Compact category and highly commended in the My Backyard category is this split shot of a starfish in a Cornish rock pool at low tide taken by Martin Stevens<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"no-tts blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img src=\"https:\/\/dj9jqhxgw9833.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/03\/101RafaelFernandez-Caballero.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"7175\" data-link=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/?attachment_id=7175\"\/><figcaption>The Wide Angle category winner went to Rafael Fernandez Caballero for this picture of whale sharks taken in the Maldives at night. He was also awarded Underwater Photographer Of The Year 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"no-tts blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img src=\"https:\/\/dj9jqhxgw9833.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/03\/9903pasqualevassallo.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"7184\" data-link=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/?attachment_id=7184\"\/><figcaption>Third place in the Marine Conservation category went to Vassallo for this powerful image taken off the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea in the Gulf of Naples, Italy<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"no-tts blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img src=\"https:\/\/dj9jqhxgw9833.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/03\/9901ThienNguyen-Ngoc.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"7183\" data-link=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/?attachment_id=7183\"\/><figcaption>Winner of the Marine Conservation category and the &#8216;Save Our Seas Foundation&#8217; Marine Conservation Photographer of the Year 2022 went to Thien Nguyen Ngoc for this image of anchovy fishing off the coast of Hon Yen, Phu Yen province, Vietnam. Overfishing of anchovies impacts marine predators who rely on them as a food source including whales, tuna and sea birds<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"no-tts blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img src=\"https:\/\/dj9jqhxgw9833.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/03\/202DavidAlpert.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"7177\" data-link=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/?attachment_id=7177\"\/><figcaption>Runner up in the Macro category was this image of anemone fish embryos hours before they hatched taken by Alpert in Misool, Indonesia<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"no-tts blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img src=\"https:\/\/dj9jqhxgw9833.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/03\/9910RafaelFernandez-Caballero.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"7185\" data-link=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/?attachment_id=7185\"\/><figcaption>On closer look, this photograph shows a turtle tangled in discarded fishing gear in Mexico. The image came commended in the Marine Conservation category and was taken by Fernandez Caballero<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"no-tts blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img src=\"https:\/\/dj9jqhxgw9833.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/03\/201Francisco-JavierMurcia-Requena.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"7176\" data-link=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/?attachment_id=7176\"\/><figcaption>Macro category winner and My Backyard runner up for Murcia with this image of the pipefish (Syngnathus abaster) and a green prawn (Hippolyte sp.) living in seagrass meadows, Cartagena, Columbia<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-uagb-section uagb-section__wrap uagb-section__background-color uagb-block-b7404b0b-04ba-4f6a-becf-873d9307dc05\"><div class=\"uagb-section__overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"uagb-section__inner-wrap\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>VISIT US FOR MORE AMAZING IMAGES:<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.co.uk\/sciencefocus\"><strong>Pinterest<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;\u2022&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/\"><strong>Instagram<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<p class=\"footer\">Photo: JAVIER MURCIA\/UPY 2022 X2, ALISON PETTITT\/UPY 2022, ABANDONED SHIP\/UPY 2022, DAN BOLT\/UPY 2022, MARTIN STEVENS\/UPY 2022, RAFAEL FERNANDEZ CABALLERO\/UPY 2022 X2, PASQUALE VASSALLO\/UPY 2022, THIEN NGUYEN NGOC\/UPY 2022, DAVID ALPERT\/UPY 2022<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LA AZOHIA, SPAIN This Mediterranean painted comber (Serranus scriba) is almost as large as the prey it\u2019s devouring. 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