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How does a Hellbender eat its food?

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It has many curved teeth in its mouth it uses to eat the food, while most salamanders use their tongue, the Hellbender Just waits and bites its prey. the reason for this is because it is one of the largest salamanders in the world, there for it can eat bigger things, so if he had a tongue, it would stick to his thought, killing him. Force over stickiness.

It usually eats:

  • Crayfish (Hellbender's Favorite)
  • Small fish
  • Hellbender eggs
  • lizards
  • small rodents
  • frogs
  • insects
  • snails
  • worms
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