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These Animals May Sting You, Spray You With Stinky Fluid or Explode In Your Face
Season 13
Episode 4
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This Fish Walks on Land and Leaps for Love
Season 13
Episode 2
Mudskippers are actually fish, but they sure don't act like it. They breathe using special gill chambers and absorb oxygen through their skin like amphibians. Scanning the lumpy mudscape with their periscope-like eyes, they fiercely guard their burrows and leap to impress potential mates. Find out how these land-loving fish carved out a life between sea and shore.
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