Do Fish Feed by Smell or Sight?
For Most Fish, Their Primary Sense for Finding Prey Is Their Sense of Smell. Sure Many Use Their Eyes, and Their Lateral Lines to Find Prey but It Is the Sense...
For most fish, their primary sense for finding prey is their sense of smell. Sure many use their eyes, and their lateral lines to find prey but it is the sense of smell that often leads them to food in the first place.
Do fish have sense of smell?
Fish have nostrils called nares which are located on the snout above their mouths. Under the skin just below the nare openings are small sacs which contain smell receptors. Water, carrying scent, moves through the sacs. The sacs are connected to the brain by nerves, allowing the fish to smell.
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What scents attract fish?
Three scents that appear to be positive scents are salt, anise, and garlic. Anise and garlic may be masking scents rather than attracting scents. Now think about this: The smells or scents are transmitted to the fish by the water surrounding the fish.
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