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Fish need water to survive, don’t they? Think again!
Join curator Diego Vaz as he gets hands-on with specimens from the Museum’s collection to uncover the unique adaptations that allow some fish to survive and even thrive out of water 💦
#NaturalHistoryMuseum #Fish #Collection
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00:00 Introduction
00:18 How are mudskippers adapted to live out of water?
01:37 How do gills work?
03:21 How do mudskippers breathe out of water?
04:33 Do other fish breathe like mudskippers?
05:34 How do fish move out of water?
06:18 Can fish have lungs?
07:25 How to lungfish survive droughts?
08:14 Are humans descended from fish?