What is mud?

Mudskipper is a unique fish that is able to live part of time from the water. It has special functions that allow it to breathe air and is able to stay out of water for up to two days at a time. Mudskippers use the front pectoral fins to go around on the ground and also make its hunt and eat from the water. His body is long with well developed muscles. It has fins and tails like any other fish, with the exception of the front breast fins are long, strong and have a bend that looks like they have elbows. The eyes are placed on the top of the head and are very large, convex out. An adult mud can grow up to 9.8 inches (30 cm) and live for up to five years. Mudskippers especially prefers swamps, because this fish spends a lot of time out of the water in the mud. He does a lot of his hunt and eating in the mud and prefers the diet of insects and small crustaceans. It will even swallow the mouth of the mud, because it usually has a lot of small organisms.

mudSkipper is able to spend a lot of time out of the water because it is well adapted to life in the mud. Mudskipper is able to breathe on the ground by absorbing oxygen directly over the skin if the skin is maintained moist. It is also able to absorb oxygen through specialized membranes in the back of the mouth and neck that have another blood supply. The gills are adapted so that they do not get rid of the water but remain fluffy and full of oxygenated water. When the waters breathe through the gills like any other fish.

Mudskipper is able to move around the soil of its leading pectoral fins. He uses these fins almost as a man to use crutches, driven along, using the fins jumped or jumped forward. He is also able to move with mud by growling and digging holes and tunnels through the mouth. In fact, at the time of mating, the female mud puts eggs in a special male burrow for her; Once the eggs are laid, the man takes care of them and brings them oxygen from the surface until they break. MudskippersBaby remains normal for a short time until they are large enough to survive on the outside.