Fish That Walk | National Geographic

mudskippers which can be found in the
mudflats of mangrove forests from West
Africa to New Guinea our fish that spend
most of their time out of the water they
walk eat and court on land they’re the
only fish to do all this on land instead
of in the big drink they carry water in
their large Gill chambers which they use
in the exact opposite way you’d use
scuba gear you carry air to breathe in
the water they carry water to breathe in
the air since their eyes stick out on
top of their heads they act kind of like
a periscope on a submarine they have an
amazing field of vision made even
greater because the eyes can act
independently of each other when their
eyes dry out they can roll them back
into water filled skin folds that re
moisten them one other thing mud
skippers do on land they fight each
other over it when a mudskipper shows
its fins that means is preparing to mud
wrestle over its piece of mud
here comes a predator
a monitor lizard
the mudskipper may be a masterpiece of
eccentric evolution to us but to the
monitor lizzard it’s just a relatively
nimble snack