Every master has humble beginnings.
Ribbon worms or nemerteans are predators. They use a proboscis full of toxins, sometimes with sharp stilets or creepy branching patterns, to paralyze their prey and swallow them whole.
The eversion of the proboscis has an interesting mechanism. It is based on muscular power and pressure in the cavity where the proboscis is kept, known as the rhynchocoel. A quick eversion hits the prey unaware of the danger which becomes unable to move.
The whole thing is more impressive considering that nemerteans have no visual vision, but only photoreceptors. They do have, however, powerful sensory slits and cerebral organs on their head.
We study nemerteans. In the lab, they develop from eggs to adult worms, and we managed to capture in film the first time that these worms got to use their proboscis to hunt for the first time.
The prey in this case was not another creeping animal, but some rather ludicrous eggs of an annelid worm. A great way to practice hunting skills for these little fellas.