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Scientists Find Squid Are Covered in Hair-Like Cells Remarkably Similar to The Ones in Human Ears

The skin of a squid, surprisingly, has much in common with an organ inside your ear.

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Scientists reported in Current Biology that squid skin is lined with cells bearing tiny hair‑like projections. These structures closely resemble the hair cells found in the human inner ear, which serve to detect information carried by passing waves. The discovery highlights an unexpected similarity between an external cephalopod tissue and an internal vertebrate sensory organ, suggesting a convergent function for wave detection across very different species.

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