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November 14, 2007

Rivulus marmoratus - tropical fish that can live out of water

Tropical fish can live for months out of water - Yahoo! News

A tropical fish that lives in mangrove swamps across the Americas can survive out of water for months at a time, similar to how animals adapted to land millions of years ago, a new study shows.
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The Mangrove Rivulus, a type of small tropical killifish, seeks refuge in shallow pools of water in crab burrows, coconut shells or even old beer cans in the tropical mangrove swamps of Belize, the United States and Brazil.

When their habitat dries up, they live on the land in logs, said Scott Taylor, a researcher at the Brevard County Environmentally Endangered Lands Program in central Florida.

I for one welcome our rivulus marmoratus overlords...

Posted by TY at November 14, 2007 5:54 PM

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