Zinger of an artwork from Kai Gietzen for today's story: How the pipa frog hunts prey by touch. @callimcflurry.bsky.social interviews researcher Duncan Leitch on this novel (and somewhat creepy) animal: www.thetransmitter.org/neuros-ark/h... for @thetransmitter.bsky.social #sciart
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How the pipa frog hunts prey by touch
Each of the frog’s eight fingers branches into 16 ultra-sensitive tips, which together function as a fovea.