What a sight! A fish walking

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I was standing on the edge of a mangrove swanp,looking out what i thought were empty mud flats. As it turns out,however,they were not empty. A peculiar troupe of acrobats were performing. Each one was no more than six inches long. They were fish. Although the thought of fish walking and jumping seems about as likely as elephants flying,this is precisely what i was seeing. It took a day for me to know what kind of fish it was,they are called mudskipper. Among their unusual attributes are their eyes,whch pop out of their head and then retract. Another feature is their pectoral fins,which the mudskipper uses to propel itself over mud much like human can use crutches to move around. This unusual fish can flick itself forward with its tail,projecting itself as much as two feet through the air. Mudskippers are also accomplishd engrs.using their fins as shovels to build burrows in the mud. The mudskipper has built in oxygen tank,its mouth and gill chambers,which are kept full of water when it is diving on land. When the oxygen in its tank is used up it scuttles off to a mud pool for a refill. If you have access to mud flats in africa or asia and if you can endure mosquitoes and the tropical sun,why not try to look for the mudskipper? Then you too wil be able to say that you have seen a fish walking!. Visit here in Philippines and see it for yourself.