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devonpond

10-17-2007, 10:06 PM

Check out this discovery:

Link (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=488193&in_page_id=1770)

scolley

10-17-2007, 10:50 PM

THAT is AMAZING!

Thanks for posting.

Now I've got to go find some for my tank... :D

Darren's Discus

10-17-2007, 11:18 PM

Unbelievable,I don't like the part how they can reproduce without a partner,that's no fun !

cheers

Squiggy

10-18-2007, 03:23 AM

Unbelievable,I don't like the part how they can reproduce without a partner,that's no fun !

Pfft...been doing that for years...:crazy:

Kindredspirit

10-18-2007, 08:15 AM

Pfft...been doing that for years...:crazy:

I can not believe you said that! Wait...actually I can! That was hilarious!:D

fishmama

10-18-2007, 08:53 AM

OMG--unbelievable! Makes you wonder what else we have yet to discover in nature...

Graham

10-18-2007, 09:06 AM

The main reason that fish die when out of water is that the gill lamellae collapse, preventing gas exchange. All fish are quite capable of breathing air if they can keep thier gills wet and not compacted.

Fish like the killie and others keep some water in the gill area to keep the lamallae from collapsing onto each other.

G