Why Do Paddlefish Have Giant Noses?

This is a paddlefish - they have big noses, or rostrums, that can sense small electrical signals emitted by zooplankton.

#shorts

Specimen use made possible by the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology

[hakselous]

"Do you ever wonder-?"
Bruh I don't even know these existed

[popolnocy]

Why hear their footsteps,

when you can feel their fear.

[BlackringIII]

My nose is a giant food detector but no one makes a video of me 😒

[IvyyTheCoolest]

**Baby paddlefish enters a bar**
The bartender says: why the long face?

[keilancoffey]

Nah they use that nose to scare away any fish with trypophobia

[mrtoto]

“Can I do it for you?”
“Kermiiit 👁️👃🏻👁️”

[BùiHiểuĐông]

Pinocchio seeing the paddlefish: Finally, a worthy opponent, our battle will be legendary!

[CooperDooper]

"Where's the food?"
"It's right under my nose."
"Do you have ANY IDEA how _little_ that narrows it down?!"

[pawin]

“A paddlefish?”

*puts on fedora*

“Perry the Paddlefish?!”

[Sgix]

rip people with trypophobia 💀




(4 words started a war in the coments lol)

[coneman_is_crazy]

Paddlefish: i smell yo electric current

Zooplankton: '._.

[theyuragoon]

"Didn't I do it for you"

[jeromerolanda]

Didn't I do it for youuu...?
Didn't I do it for
Didn't I do it for youuu...?
Kermie..?

[tonydai]

You're telling me that those guys and platypuses converged on that? Cool!

[Vivahh]

Bit of a Trypophobia warning, I have goosebumps now and not the good kind😂

[jallen]

"Didn't I do, it for you fish"

[Cluster-zh]

Bro i thought it was peree the platypus 💀☠️💀

[Mrbrickthebuilder]

"Let me do it for you"
"Let me do it for you"

[Baneineiwardisreal]

“Quandle dingle fish cant hurt you”
Quandle dingle fish:

[fanyleon]

This paddlefish reminds me of squid ward.