🌞Animal of the day
🐟Saw fish-Carpenter Fish
🪚It gets this name from the large ‘saw’ attached to the front of its body that resembles a saw. This saw is called a rostrum
🪚The saw can be used in a back-and-forth swiping motion to cut prey in half or to dig through the sediment
🧬 sawfish’s rostrum is filled with sensory organs,These sensory organs help the sawfish detect tiny electrical signals given off by their prey. This helps them hunt at night and in murky water
📍Sawfish, also known as carpenter sharks, are a family of rays characterized by a long, narrow, flattened rostrum, or nose extension, lined with sharp transverse teeth, arranged in a way that resembles a saw. They are among the largest fish, with some species reaching lengths of about 7–7.6 m .
📌Habitat= They are found worldwide in tropical and subtropical regions in coastal marine and brackish estuarine waters, as well as freshwater rivers and lakes. All species are endangered.
🐟Saw fish-Carpenter Fish
🪚It gets this name from the large ‘saw’ attached to the front of its body that resembles a saw. This saw is called a rostrum
🪚The saw can be used in a back-and-forth swiping motion to cut prey in half or to dig through the sediment
🧬 sawfish’s rostrum is filled with sensory organs,These sensory organs help the sawfish detect tiny electrical signals given off by their prey. This helps them hunt at night and in murky water
📍Sawfish, also known as carpenter sharks, are a family of rays characterized by a long, narrow, flattened rostrum, or nose extension, lined with sharp transverse teeth, arranged in a way that resembles a saw. They are among the largest fish, with some species reaching lengths of about 7–7.6 m .
📌Habitat= They are found worldwide in tropical and subtropical regions in coastal marine and brackish estuarine waters, as well as freshwater rivers and lakes. All species are endangered.