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Are mudskippers the new transitional species to life on land?
2016-05-21 20:34:21 Post No. 2127137
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Are mudskippers the new transitional species to life on land?
Anonymous
2016-05-21 20:34:21
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Seriously, there's so many unique adaptations that these little gobies do that make me wonder if they'll be a new form of amphibious organism. I mean, they don't have lobed fins, but bones connecting their pectoral fins are angled to form "elbows" to help traverse on land. They also can blink! FUCKING BLINK! Most reptiles don't blink! Or, using water in it's mouth as a tongue to help swallow? Or using Suction cupped pelvic fins to climb up mangrove roots? Or to breath with it's skin, or to roll in the mud to not dry out?
There's so much about these shits that if it weren't for humans, these guys would start to populate in total freshwater ponds and traverse through marshes and swamps. You can even see throughout their entire subfamily of 30-some species how they've adapted to live on land, and the more terrestrial a species is, the more upstream in freshwater you'll find them.
So, are they the new Tiktaalik of tomorrow? Or is this a fluke accident?
