Landlubber fish leap for love when tide is right
Tuesday, August 30, 2011 - 13:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
One of the world's strangest animals -- a unique fish that lives on land and can leap large distances despite having no legs -- has a rich and complex social life, a new study has found. The odd lifestyle of the Pacific leaping blenny (Alticus arnoldorum) has been detailed for the first time in research findings that throw new light on how animal life first evolved to colonize the land.