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Bullheads: For "bottom feeders" and "trash fish" they make pretty good parents
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English - March 26, 2020 04:00 - 4 minutes - 2.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsNews news adirondacks north country public radio Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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(Mar 26, 2020) Bullheads are slimy and hard to clean without hurting yourself, but both those qualities help them survive. The spines protect them for being swallowed whole, and their lack of scales makes way for thousands of cells that let them "smell" the water with their whole bodies, and even identify each other in a group. They also herd their young together for protection, watching over them for an extended period. Martha Foley and Curt Stager talk trash about bullheads.