SciShow: Instant Fish: Just Add Water | Salamanderfish

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Content of the Lesson: Go to http://Brilliant.org/SciShow to try their Classical Mechanics course. The first 200 subscribers get 20% off an annual Premium subscription. In the peat flats of Western Australia, a peculiar fish lies in wait: salamanderfish spend several months buried underground until the dry sand they live in fills with water again. Hosted by: Michael Aranda Thumbnail Credit: Tim M. Berra SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Bd_Tmprd, Jeffrey Mckishen, James Knight, Christoph Schwanke, Jacob, Matt Curls, Sam Buck, Christopher R Boucher, Eric Jensen, Lehel Kovacs, Adam Brainard, Greg, Sam Lutfi, Piya Shedden, Katie Marie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Charles george, Alex Hackman, Chris Peters, Kevin Bealer ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-017-0958-3 https://doi.org/10.1577/1548-8446(1989)014%3C0002:BEBAFM%3E2.0.CO;2 https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.054403 https://doi.org/10.2307/1447256 https://doi.org/10.2307/1445968 https://doi.org/10.1016/0300-9629(89)90756-1 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00000564 https://doi.org/10.1097/00003226-199607000-00012 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007354702142 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007322606248 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2016.01.008 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2010.07.016 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adaj.2015.10.019 Image Sources: Tim M. Berra, Ph.D. -- Thanks to Dr. Tim Berra for teaching us more about these wonderful fish as well as providing incredible pictures! https://rivers.dwer.wa.gov.au/species/lepidogalaxias-salamandroides/ (https://rivers.dwer.wa.gov.au/copyright-and-disclaimer) https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/white-recycled-craft-paper-texture-as-background-grey-paper-texture-old-vintage-page-gm1202181336-345031637 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/muddy-puddle-and-dirt-road-landscape-gm175235709-22429176 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/grunge-burn-back-gm184103141-1711676 Salamanderfish video: BIOTOPE AQUARIUM Project


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