Nicholas Bellono (@nbellono.bsky.social)

Your legs may help you get around, but what if they could also help you sniff out a snack? That’s a trick achieved by a fish called the sea robin. Recently, researchers reported that those legs are also chemical sensing organs that can taste for prey buried under the sand.

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These Fish Use Their Legs (Yes, Legs) To Taste New research into a strange fish known as the sea robin finds that leg-like appendages can “taste” prey buried in the sand. https://buff.ly/4fOuPBU

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