Aquatic Curiosities: Fascinating Facts About Fish and Aquarium Life
Explore intriguing curiosities about fish, shrimp, snails, crabs, aquatic plants, and other aquarium life. Learn surprising behaviors, biological facts, and little-known traits that make aquatic species unique.
Electric eels can generate powerful shocks of up to 600 volts for both hunting and self-defense.
The Antarctic icefish is unique because its blood is colorless. It lacks hemoglobin, the protein that makes blood red.
Some catfish have taste buds covering their entire body, allowing them to "taste" their surroundings and find food in murky water.
The Arowana, also known as the "water monkey," can jump up to 6 feet out of the water to catch insects and even small birds.