This is a Bowfin and it has been around for over 150 million years, making it a true evolutionary survivor! This lung-like organ allows the bowfin to gulp atmospheric air at the surface, enabling it to thrive in warm, stagnant or completely oxygen depleted swamps where other fish would suffocate. If its water source dries up during a severe drought, a bowfin can burrow into the damp mud and survive for weeks by breathing air until the rains return. Reminder this is NOT a snakehead, if you catch
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This is a Bowfin and it has been around for over 150 million years, making it a true evolutionary survivor! This lung-like organ allows the bowfin to gulp atmospheric air at the surface, enabling it to thrive in warm, stagnant or completely oxygen depleted swamps where other fish would suffocate. If its water source dries up during a severe drought, a bowfin can burrow into the damp mud and survive for weeks by breathing air until the rains return. Reminder this is NOT a snakehead, if you catch
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