00:00Is it possible for a plant to be both a fish and a dragon?
00:04Well, not this one.
00:07This is the leafy sea dragon, a real-life swimming plant
00:11that looks like a tiny green dragon with huge leaves,
00:15for fins, and a long, thin stem that looks like a neck.
00:20They can grow up to 30 centimeters long
00:22and are found in the oceans around Australia and New Zealand.
00:27But how do they move?
00:29Well, thanks to their flexible spines,
00:31they can swim in any direction, forwards, backwards, even upside down.
00:37And just like a fish, they have gills to breathe underwater.
00:41But they're not actually related to fish or any other animals.
00:45They're plants.
00:46So why do they live in the ocean?
00:49Well, the reason is kind of crazy.
00:52You see, these plants evolved from land plants
00:54that were probably washed away in a flood
00:56and then adapted to living in water.
00:59And over time, they lost their roots, stems, and leaves,
01:04which are all adaptations for life on land.
01:07But they kept their little dragon bodies.
01:09And they had to camp every other gezmeg poder
01:26where they were looking at food.
01:27They were looking at food.
01:28But they went along with it.
01:30They were able to get a lot of water,
01:31who's meaning to fill them in the air.
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