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Sarah Young-Veenstra

@sarahyoungvee.bsky.social
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MSc. Aquatic Ecological Physiology🐠

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Sarah Young-Veenstra @sarahyoungvee.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
A bit late to sharing, but this amazing study from @vdisanto.bsky.social @scrippsocean.bsky.social is too good not to share🐟✨ Read about the amazing 6th sense that help blind fish navigate underwater caves in my Outside @jexpbiol.bsky.social 🌌🔦 journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
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Blind cave fish navigate through the dark with a sixth sense
Humans have five senses: sight, smell, sound, taste and touch. Fish, however, can tap into an extraordinary sixth sense called the lateral line. This sense – which consists of rows of special cells wi...
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Sarah Young-Veenstra @sarahyoungvee.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Neonatal sharks have a secret superpower: injury healing! 🦈💥 In my latest Outside @jexpbiol.bsky.social on @shamildebaere.bsky.social's study from @physiologyfish.bsky.social's lab at @jcuofficial.bsky.social see how temperature boosts healing and how this ability could improve fishing practices! 🌊
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No bandage necessary: the healing power of baby sharks
Not all nurseries have a crib and rocking chair; some are underwater. Shark nurseries can be found in shallow pools among reef habitats. Several species of sharks give birth to their babies, which are...
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