00:00Welcome to the new video of charismatic planet, Lungfish, a fish can lives without water.
00:10The Lungfish also known as Salamander fish is a type of freshwater fish actually famous
00:17for its ability to live on land without water for months on end and sometimes even years.
00:26The Lungfish name suggests the fish have a highly evolved respiratory system that can
00:33take oxygen straight from the air, similar of land animals do.
00:38However, few species of Lungfish are quite used to breathing air that they gradually
00:45lose the function of their gills as the fish reach adulthood.
00:56The Lungfish usually inhabits shallow waters such as swamps and marshes, but they are also
01:03found in bigger lakes.
01:07Whereas they still live in water and their requisite to frequently come up to the surface
01:13for fresh air, the Lungfish can even drown if they are keeping him for underwater for
01:20a long time.
01:22It has elongated bodies just like eels with red-like pectoral and pelvic fins, which they
01:30use to swim and crawl along the bottom.
01:39Lungfish is feeding on fish, insects, crustaceans, worms, molluscs, amphibians and plant matters.
01:48They have intestinal spiral valve rather than a true stomach.
01:55Normally Lungfish excrete nitrogenous waste as ammonia directly into the water.
02:02The Lungfish can be extremely long-lived, moreover when there is water.
02:12The Lungfish acts like any other fish, swimming in the waters and eating small fish and crustaceans
02:19on the bottom of ponds and streams.
02:24The fish is said to have a strong taste and is not enjoyed by all.
02:30Thus, after the fish has touched a comfortable depth, the fish will stop digging and screed
02:37a mucus out of its skin that hardens to form the protective cocoon around it.
02:45Though only the mouth is left showing for breathing, therefore for its long hibernation,
02:52the Lungfish will greatly decrease its metabolism and live off the muscle tissue in its tail.
03:01Because once the water returns and the mud softens, it will wriggle out of its burrow.
03:08Furthermore, some reports claim that the fish can stay underground in dried mud for as long
03:16as four years.
03:19The Lungfishes are found only in Australia, Africa and South America.
03:24In Africa, the people used to eat Lungfish that would often dig out the fish from dry
03:30soil.
03:31The fish is said to have a strong taste and is not enjoyed by all.
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