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Thousands of climbing catfish filmed scaling waterfalls

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In November 2024, environmental police in Brazil stumbled on an unexpected sight: thousands of orange-and-black bumblebee catfish scaling the slippery rocks behind waterfalls on the Aquidauana River. A week later, a team of Brazilian scientists arrived to document the unprecedented event, detailing their findings in research published last year in the Journal of Fish Biology. These videos provide rare insight into the lives and migrations of these little-studied catfish, the authors said. Jessica Hubbard, Social Media Strategist at Science, takes a closer look at the research. Learn more: https://scim.ag/48LxQ5O CREDITS: (FOOTAGE) MARINHO ET AL./JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY; (MUSIC) C. BURNS/SCIENCE; (VIDEO PRODUCTION) J. HUBBARD/SCIENCE #Catfish #Science #ScienceShorts