African lungfish

The African lungfish is probably the coolest fish EVER! It has two lungs and can breath air. This fascinating fish lives in freshwater swamps, backwaters, and small rivers in west and south Africa. The bad thing is that their habitat dries up. to survive this problem, the African lungfish puts on a thin layer of mucus around itself , then it dries into a cocoon. it can live out of water in this cocoon for up to a year! The mucus, ( boogers) part is weird, but true.

FUN FACT!: Did you know that the African lungfish have survived for nearly 400MILLION years and are sometimes referred to as “living fossils.”

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