January 4, 2016

Did you know there is a fish that can live both on land and in water? The Mudskipper can breathe air and keeps its skin moist by rolling in the moist sand along beaches. The male of one species digs a u-shaped tunnel for its young. There is an opening, a tunnel underwater, and a chamber full of eggs. The eggs are located out of the water, where there is more oxygen. However, the male needs to swim back and forth between the opening and chamber to gulp and then supply the oxygen to the chamber. Such hard working dad!