Identify the italicized word or words

EATING FLESH WITH RAZOR-SHARP TEETH is how piranhas survive.

a) gerund phrase
b) infinitive phrase
c) participial phrase
d) prepositional phrase

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No.

An infinitive is to + a verb. To go, to write, to think are examples of infinitives.
Hint: -ing is your clue.
GERUND ?
Yes. It's a gerund phrase used as the subject of this sentence.
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