The Fish That Breathes Air
Clip: Season 40 Episode 3 | 2m 10sVideo has Closed Captions
The lungfish is a living fossil, a fish with primitive limbs that breathes air.
A lungfish spends each dry season asleep underground, waiting for the waters to arrive before emerging. As the waterhole dries up at the end of the wet season, it will bury down to spend the dry season safely cocooned in the mud.
Major support for NATURE is provided by The Arnhold Family in memory of Henry and Clarisse Arnhold, The Fairweather Foundation, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, Charles Rosenblum, Kathy Chiao and...
The Fish That Breathes Air
Clip: Season 40 Episode 3 | 2m 10sVideo has Closed Captions
A lungfish spends each dry season asleep underground, waiting for the waters to arrive before emerging. As the waterhole dries up at the end of the wet season, it will bury down to spend the dry season safely cocooned in the mud.
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