Sawfishes sure can wield a saw (w/ video)
Monday, March 5, 2012 - 12:01
in Biology & Nature
Sawfishes wouldn't be sawfishes if they didn't come equipped with long toothy snoutstheir saws. Now, researchers reporting in the March 6 issue of Current Biology, have figured out what they use those saws for, and it turns out the answer is quite impressive. It might even help save the critically endangered and incredibly elusive sawfishes.