Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬Scientists Finally Make Heads of Giant #Stingray Tails
The long structures seen in #mantarays and their relatives function as an early warning system, rather than a defensive weapon.
The team discovered that the stiff tissue of a cownose ray’s tail was pockmarked with holes. The 3-D scans revealed that these holes were linked to the #fish’s #lateralline canal, a system of sensory organs found in fish and amphibians.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/science/stingray-tail-antenna.html
https://archive.ph/RNDha
The long structures seen in #mantarays and their relatives function as an early warning system, rather than a defensive weapon.
The team discovered that the stiff tissue of a cownose ray’s tail was pockmarked with holes. The 3-D scans revealed that these holes were linked to the #fish’s #lateralline canal, a system of sensory organs found in fish and amphibians.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/science/stingray-tail-antenna.html
https://archive.ph/RNDha
