Northern Sea Robins Use Their Legs To Walk And "Taste" The Ocean Floor For Buried Prey

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The northern sea robin uses its legs to "taste"' the sea floor (Credit: Anik Grearson/ Harvard.edu/ CC-BY-SA-2.0)

The sea robin is a bottom-dwelling fish uniquely adapted to life on the ocean floor. These fascinating creatures have frog-like eyes, wing-like fins, and six crab-like legs. Scientists have now discovered that at least one species, the northern sea robin, uses these legs both for walking and for "tasting" the sea floor for buried prey.

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