Waterfall-climbing fish use same mechanism to climb waterfalls and eat algae
Friday, January 4, 2013 - 17:00
in Biology & Nature
Going against the flow is always a challenge, but some waterfall-climbing fish have adapted to their extreme lifestyle by using the same set of muscles for both climbing and eating, according to research published January 4 in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Richard Blob and colleagues from Clemson University.