Evolution's been out here playing a 400-million-year game of 'hold my beer' with a shrimp that thinks it's a crab.

Shrimp-Like Fish Walks Backwards, Evolution Takes a Bow

Marine biologists from Sun Yat-sen University used submersibles to film three armored sea robin species in the South China Sea, confirming they use leg-like fin rays to walk, scuttle sideways and even backward. One species uses its pectoral fins as skirt-like stabilizers and sensory snouts to probe sediment. The study, published in Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Research, suggests these fish have retained light-sensitive eyes and reveals far more complex deep-sea adaptations than previously assumed.

Source: Shrimp-Like Fish Walks Backwards, Evolution Takes a Bow — Nautilus

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