• Question: are there fish capable of breathing on both land and in water

    Asked by OPPEY & SHMEVA <3 to Hannah on 16 Jun 2016.
    • Photo: Hannah Grist

      Hannah Grist answered on 16 Jun 2016:


      Yes! There is a whole group of fish called lungfish that can breathe on land as well as in the water: they have both lungs (for land) and gills (for water).

      There is a type of fish found in Asia called a climbing perch, that has lungs AND gills AND it can climb out of the water, and live on land for up to six days. Pretty cool!

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