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Fish has legs that can taste prey hidden under the sand using genes also found in humans 
By Peter de Kruijff AU Source: abc 9/26/2024
Peter de Kruijff
Credit: Anik Grearson/Bellono Lab
Imagine wading in the shallows at the beach and tasting mussels and clams hidden under the sand — with your feet.

That's exactly how two species of North American fish with wing-like fins, crabby-looking legs and croaky calls evolved to hunt prey.
 

A pair of studies published today in Current Biology show genes that help develop legs and tongues in humans are also found in fish called leopard sea robins (Prionotus scitulus) and northern sea robins (Prionotus carolinus).

 
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