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A Baby Dragonfly's Mouth Will Give You Nightmares
Season 4
Episode 17
Dragonflies might rule the skies, but their babies grow up underwater in a larva-eat-larva world. Luckily for them, they have a killer lip that snatches prey, Alien-style, at lightning speed.
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