NOAA: Burrfish Bonanza Begets 'Boatlift' to Freedom
October 20, 2020
October 20, 2020
SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Oct. 20 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following feature story:
Consider the striped burrfish. Round but boxy. Eyeballs that look forward, yet askance. Mouth turned up at the corners like a smile, centered in a square face. Spikes erupt from its skin, and the most gossamer of fins flutter furiously from its sides as this armored oddball propels its way through life.
When flustered, a burrfish blows itself up i . . .
Consider the striped burrfish. Round but boxy. Eyeballs that look forward, yet askance. Mouth turned up at the corners like a smile, centered in a square face. Spikes erupt from its skin, and the most gossamer of fins flutter furiously from its sides as this armored oddball propels its way through life.
When flustered, a burrfish blows itself up i . . .