Sawfish don’t saw

Spiked snouts slash, impale and whack prey

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Sawfish use their fearsome-looking snout to sense and slash at prey, new experiments with wild-caught fishes have found. istolethetv/Flickr

Sawfishes use their spiked snouts as a combination sword, antenna and serving spoon — but not much at all as a saw, scientists have found.