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No. 763: Would you care to eelaborate?

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Would you care to eelaborate?

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Permanent URL: https://mezzacotta.net/dinosaur/?comic=763

Strip by: David Morgan-Mar, Andrew Coker

T-Rex: I've gotten interested in
T-Rex: EELS!
T-Rex: Some eels are so cool. They've evolved a dense pattern of linear colouration to help camouflage them amongst strands of eelgrass.
Utahraptor: Neat!
Utahraptor: What sort of eels are they?
T-Rex: When an eel has a design, That breaks up its outline, That's a Moiré!

The author writes:

Eel larvae are called leptocephali, which means "slim head".

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