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In their natural setting, African lungfish come up for a breath of air every three the fish then encase themselves in cocoons of mucus and mud. The African lungfish can sleep out of water for three to five years without any to Han Solo in the Star Wars movie Empire Strikes Back - saw all of the Image shows an African lungfish aestivating in a dried mucus cocoon.

African lungfishes can survive prolonged periods of desiccation by burrowing into the mud and creating a mucus cocoon. This state of.
By Liz LangleyNational Geographic. When it is acting like the fish and breathing water, the heart pumps blood directly through the gills to the rest of the body. Clifford Garrard 1, views. This makes it different enough from the African lungfish Protopterus specieswhich can secrete a mucous cocoon; this also makes it different enough from the South American lungfish Lepidosiren paradoxawhich does not secrete a mucous cocoon, but does burrow into the mud and slow down its metabolism into a complete state of hibernation.

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Their bodies are covered in scaly skin. It was named in by Louis Agassiz. Mikah Nation Recommended for you. But West African lungfish blow these other fish out of the water: They have gills and a primitive lung. YouTube Premium. Video: African lungfish cocoon movie Project Lungfish Demo They can remain in aestivation for years, until it starts raining again and the river beds fill up with water, softening the cocoon and allowing the lungfish to burrow out of the mud and get back into the water. They are one of the most successful groups of animals to ever live living for about million years and still living todayand are famed for their ability to go onto land and form mucous cocoons in order to survive droughts.

The mudfish they're talking about are called West African Lungfish and they're one of And they can indeed live in the desert, inside a cocoon, for up to five years.

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This makes it different enough from the African lungfish (Protopterus species), which can secrete a mucous cocoon; this also makes it different enough from the​. But West African lungfish blow these other fish out of the water: They cocoon, burrow into the mud, and lie dormant—sometimes for years.
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Which Fish Can Live Out of Water

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When rains return and the fish pops back out of the earth, it looks a lot like a "mud pistachio," Burgess says.

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Mudskippers This fish-out-of-water has adapted to living mostly on land. Fish that sleeps on land for YEARS without any food or water Daily Mail Online Lungfish are unique lobe-finned fish. Apartment 46 Interesting, funny stuff. Mind Boggler Recommended for you. Read Caption. Induces Artificial Estivation. Alfred P.