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It’s a literal case of fish out of water. Blenny fish in the South Pacific Ocean are gradually relocating to land to escape their aquatic predators, in an example of evolution in action.
Not unlike the ant-decapitating fly and the satanic leaf-tailed gecko, the fang blenny’s name does not disappoint. This tiny fish wields two massive teeth that it uses to gouge chunks out of ...
Blenny fish venom most likely causes a sudden drop in blood pressure in would-be predators, such as grouper fish, that have been bitten by blennies, researchers report on March 30 in Current Biology.
The male blenny fish will occasionally eat its babies when it feels the first group of eggs wasn't good enough or won't be worth it to guard. Researchers from Nagasaki University in Japan found ...
Blenny fish have always been notable for their big teeth—choppers that give their mouths a demented kind of grin. But it turns out those fangs can do more than chomp down on food. As Steph Yin ...
A group of Pacific leaping blennies out of the water on the foreshores of the island Guam (Dr Terry Ord) “Like a fish out of water” is an expression that does not apply to the blenny ...
Fish in particular are known to have agonisingly painful venom. However the fang blenny venom acts on the body's opioid receptors, like heroin or morphine. Instead of causing pain, it makes its ...
But a small group of divers is now concerned that a tiny fish that lives among barnacles there - the Tessellated Blenny - may have had its marine habitat damaged in the process. "You read articles ...
“This terrestrial fish spends all of its adult life living ... Here's How The leaping blenny also frequently matches its outfits to rocks in order to avoid detection by fashion bullies birds ...
Researchers looking at blenny fish have found that being a ‘jack of all trades’ when it comes to diet may have helped some species transition onto land. Blenny fish have been described as a ...
Fang blennies are small fish with big teeth. Specifically, they have two large canine teeth that jut out of their lower jaw. Since blenny fish are only about two inches long, these "fangs" would ...