Why it's awesome: Northern sea robins are weird fish with big, spiny heads; bright-blue eyes; two giant wing fins; and six crab-like legs. It's these little legs that make sea robins so unusual.

An international team of researchers has now discovered that the legs of the northern sea robin ... of sensory legs meant growing sea robins from eggs. The research team observed that the legs ...

Where it lives: The shallow waters of the western Atlantic, from Nova Scotia to Florida What it eats: Shrimp, crabs, squid, worms and small fish Why it's awesome: Northern sea robins are weird ...