fins – Critter Science https://critter.science Animal Facts and Education Thu, 03 Feb 2022 12:40:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/cropped-critter-science_logo_icon-32x32.jpg fins – Critter Science https://critter.science 32 32 The Freaky Hairy Frogfish https://critter.science/the-freaky-hairy-frogfish/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-freaky-hairy-frogfish https://critter.science/the-freaky-hairy-frogfish/#comments Thu, 15 Apr 2021 07:00:03 +0000 https://critter.science/?p=10585 hairy frogfish

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The hairy frogfish is a master at its craft; that being the craft of an ambush hunter. Using excellent aggressive, mimicry-based camouflage it lays in wait for passing prey to take an interest in the lure (esca) at the end of the rod (illicium) on its head. As soon as […]

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]]> https://critter.science/the-freaky-hairy-frogfish/feed/ 1 The Mysterious and Dangerous Stingray https://critter.science/the-mysterious-and-dangerous-stingray/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-mysterious-and-dangerous-stingray https://critter.science/the-mysterious-and-dangerous-stingray/#comments Thu, 13 Aug 2020 08:00:06 +0000 https://critter.science/?p=9695 stingray

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With their odd looking, flattened body the stingray silently maneuvers through the shallow tropical and subtropical waters throughout the world; armed, in most cases, with a venomous stinger to defend against predators. Some even have multiple barbs. These mysterious critters belong to a group of fish called elasmobranchs. Being closely […]

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