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This fish may play a hole in its head like a drum


The rockhead poacher is a little fish with a big pit in its head. The divot may be like a drum, making sound that rises above a chaotic, nearshore din.

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This Bizarre Fish Has a Hole in Its Head and Might Have Used It Like a Drum