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How Catfish Taste

  • May 17, 2013
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

Found on every continent except Antarctica, catfish range in size from the tiny Amazonian candirú to the Mekong giant. They are mostly bottom-feeders that naturally tend to sink instead of float, and their bodies are covered with receptors that “taste” whatever they touch.

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