WALKING FI SH WITH RED LIPS
The batfish, with its red lips, is the only fish in the world that walks on its
four fins. Fins that are created to enable walking, a weird-looking nose and
big red lips make the appearance of this fish quite unusual. What enables
the batfish to walk on the sea floor like a human being is its pectoral and
pelvic fins. Using these fins, the batfish can easily stand on the sea floor and
walk on the tips of its fins.
Apart from this ability, the batfish with red lips has another interesting fea-
ture. It has small appendages below its nose, which it uses as a fishing line
to deceive other fish. Batfish are carnivorous. Using their fishing lines, they
prey upon other fish, crabs, larvae and cockles.
The complex features in these little fish that live at the bottom of the sea
shows us one of the examples of Allah’s
artistry.
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