Fish don’t have to filter the chatter of cocktail parties to hear the latest about Al vs. W, but they do have to distinguish important ripples in water from noise. Now, researchers may have figured out how fish do it.
Fish pick up water movements—like the kicks of an insect just right for lunch or the whoosh of an incoming predator—through sensory cells called neuromasts.
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