Summary

For most of us, that idiom is a warning – but for one little swimmer in the deep, it's a blessing. The black swallower fish ( Chiasmodon niger ) is a little creature that grows, on average, just 10-20 centimeters (3.9–7.9 in) long, and no more than a school ruler.

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