No stupid answers please. This is for an extra credit assignment.
2007-09-19 12:45:24 · 6 answers · asked by ♫Lαurεn♪ 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Thanks for the great answers guys!
2007-09-19 12:56:10 · update #1
A snakehead?
This article discounts some of the myths about these fish, including the following quote:
"Like any other fish, if a snakehead were taken out of the water on a hot sunny day, it would quickly dry out and die, regardless of its ability to gulp air. If, on the other hand, a snakehead out of water is kept wet, it can, according to many knowledgeable observers, live as an air breather for up to three days. "
http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Publications/ZooGoer/2004/2/snakehead.cfm
2007-09-19 12:49:50 · answer #1 · answered by ecolink 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would guess a lungfish.
African and South American lungfish are capable of surviving seasonal desiccation of habitats by burrowing into mud and estivating throughout the dry season. Changes in physiology allow the lungfish to slow its metabolism to as little as 1/60th of the normal metabolic rate, and protein waste is converted from ammonia to less-toxic urea (normally, lungfish excrete nitrogenous waste as ammonia directly into the water).
2007-09-19 19:54:40 · answer #2 · answered by Mark S, JPAA 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Possibly a Walking Catfish, but I don't know, 3 days is a long time.
2007-09-19 19:56:37 · answer #3 · answered by billy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe a lungfish, mud skipper or walking catfish.
2007-09-19 19:54:24 · answer #4 · answered by majnun99 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Theres one that they call a mudskipper.They jump on land/flip up and stuff like that.
2007-09-19 20:18:38 · answer #5 · answered by TAMMY 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think its some kinda shark It walks on land and has gills
2007-09-19 19:53:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋