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Tiny striped fish that regrows its own heart, mocking your gym membership.
means A small freshwater fish, striped like its namesake, prized in labs for its see-through embryos and remarkable powers of regeneration.
from The name is a straightforward compound: 'zebra,' from the African animal (itself borrowed via Portuguese, possibly from an Old Congolese or Bantu root meaning 'wild animal'), plus 'fish.' The fish earned the title simply by wearing horizontal stripes down its body — no deeper mystery, just a scientist or naturalist glancing at it and calling it exactly what it looked like.
- regeneration
- can regrow heart, spinal cord, and fins
- genetics
- shares about 70 percent of human genes
- transparency
- embryos are see-through, organs visible live
- lab fame
- one of science's most used model organisms