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Record #68

Fauna of the United States — Goofang fish

A backward-swimming fish designed to keep water from entering its eyes.

Original Text

There’s another fish, the Goofang, that swims backward to keep the water out of its eyes. It’sdescribed as ‘about the size of a sunfish, only much bigger’ .

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Morphology

fish-like

Habitat

water

Themes

directional inversion

Theme Categories

Paradox

Capabilities

swims backwards to keep water out of its eyes

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