Lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus) have evolved a powerful suction disc on their ventral fins that allows them to anchor themselves to rocks and seafloor substrates in turbulent, near-freezing Arctic waters, enabling them to conserve energy by avoiding the need to swim against powerful currents.
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This Arctic Fish Glues Itself to Rocks and Refuses to SwimAdded:
A belly redesigned into a suction cup, lumpfish grip [music] frozen Arctic rocks so tightly that ocean currents cannot tear them free. Their bodies are gelatinous, spineless, studded with bony ridges, [music] a shape no predator expects and no engineer would approve.
They barely swim, they cling, and in near freezing darkness that [music] stillness is exactly what keeps them alive.
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