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The fifth rib is pulled forward during muscle contractions, which creates tension on the drumming cartilage, before the cartilage is released to strike the swim bladder.
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Scott Travers, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
Poachers were cutting into the fishes' bellies onshore, pulling out the swim bladder and leaving the big animals on the sand to rot in the sun.
—Erik Vance, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2017
The people charged with policing poachers are not trained to identify body parts such as swim bladders from particular animals.
—Erik Vance, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2017
In this case, the quick release of pressure causes the gasses within a fishes body to expand, often causing the stomach to be pushed out through the mouth - a different mechanism to that observed in sharks (which don’t have a swim bladder).
—Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2024
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Scott Travers, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
Poachers were cutting into the fishes' bellies onshore, pulling out the swim bladder and leaving the big animals on the sand to rot in the sun.
—Erik Vance, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2017
The people charged with policing poachers are not trained to identify body parts such as swim bladders from particular animals.
—Erik Vance, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2017
In this case, the quick release of pressure causes the gasses within a fishes body to expand, often causing the stomach to be pushed out through the mouth - a different mechanism to that observed in sharks (which don’t have a swim bladder).
—Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2024
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“Swim bladder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swim%20bladder. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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