Sentences with phrase «midshipman uses»

Every year in late spring and early summer, along coastlines from Alaska to the Gulf of Mexico, a fish called the plainfin midshipman uses its swim bladder to emit an odd droning sound in hopes of attracting a mate.

Not exact matches

Thus, to sustain an hour - long mating call, the midshipman muscle releases, and subsequently pumps, only two times as much calcium as the toadfish uses to make intermittent calls over the same time period.