Little Killers: The Ferocious Lives of Puny Predators

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CHAPTER 1 KILLERS AROUND US A group of microscopic copepods Far from land hundreds of feet below the ocean surface a copepod KOH-peh-pod swims through dim twilight waters The copepod measures only a tenth of an inch 2 5 mm but has two ridiculously long antennae sweeping out from its head The animal uses its antennae to locate microscopic plants called phytoplankton Like a contented cow the copepod grazes on one tiny plant after another All seems peaceful until 4