News Life Sawfish don’t saw Spiked snouts slash, impale and whack prey By Susan Milius March 6, 2012 at 1:22 pm - More than 2 years ago Share this:Share Share via email (Opens in new window) Email Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Share on X (Opens in new window) X Print (Opens in new window) Print View the video Sawfish use their fearsome-looking snout to sense and slash at prey, new experiments with wild-caught fishes have found. istolethetv/Flickr Sawfishes use their spiked snouts as a combination sword, antenna and serving spoon — but not much at all as a saw, scientists have found. Figuring out how the fishes use their whopper snouts has been tricky, says Stephen Kajiura of Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton.