Binge-Eating Fish (IMAGE)

Harvard Medical School

Binge-Eating Fish

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Blind cavefish have evolved to be starvation resistant, constantly hungry and fat but healthy. New research shows they share genetic mutations with some obese people.

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Nicholas Rohner

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