Meet the Air-Breathing Fish with Poisonous Eggs

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From mudskippers to walking catfish to lungfish, air-breathing fish almost seem common! So to be a bizarre beast, you have to be extra weird, like gar are. We want to thank Dr. Solomon David for pitching us these excellent fish and for all his help with the episode! Find out more about his work with gars on twitter: https://twitter.com/SolomonRDavid and on his website: https://solomondavid.net/ Would you like a gar pin? https://complexly.store/products/bizarre-beasts-pin-gars Subscribe to the pin club here: https://store.dftba.com/collections/bizarrebeasts This month's pin is designed by Logan Schmitt. You can find out more about him and his work here: https://www.loganschmitt.com/ You can cancel any time by emailing [email protected] Host: Sarah Suta (she/her) Follow us on socials: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bizarrebeastsshow/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BizarreBeastsShow/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bizarrebeastsshow.bsky.social #BizarreBeasts #Gar #fish #freshwaterfish ----- Sources: https://www.britannica.com/animal/mudskipper https://bmcgenomics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12864-018-5355-9 https://www.oregonzoo.org/discover/animals/african-lungfish https://blog.nationalgeographic.org/2016/08/08/conservation-of-ancient-fishes-reintroducing-the-alligator-gar-and-what-about-those-carp/ https://wildlife.ca.gov/Conservation/Invasives/Species/Gar https://www.fws.gov/fisheries/fishmigration/alligator_gar.html https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/discover-fish/species-profiles/atractosteus-spatula/ https://www.usgs.gov/special-topic/water-science-school/science/dissolved-oxygen-and-water?qt-science_center_objects=0#qt-science_center_objects https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/003456877190003X https://tpwd.texas.gov/fishboat/fish/management/alligator-gar/unique-fish.phtml https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/discover-fish/species-profiles/lepisosteus-osseus/ https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/discover-fish/species-profiles/lepisosteus-platyrhincus/ https://www.jstor.org/stable/30055193?seq=1 https://www.in.gov/dnr/fishwild/files/Gar_animal_info_series_for_web_2012.pdf https://journals.sbmu.ac.ir/ijmtfm/article/view/31548 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7210035/ https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/jf60163a043 http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/SpeciesByFamily.asp https://www.fishbase.se/glossary/Glossary.php?q=ichthyotoxin https://www.americanscientist.org/blog/macroscope/angling-for-ancient-fish https://www.nature.com/articles/nature15259 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1742706112006186 https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/ganoid-scales/ https://www.pnas.org/content/115/24/6249 ------ Images: https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/swarm-of-yellow-tail-fusilier-caesio-cuning-swimming-near-pier-pole-raja-ampat-indonesia-hv72wg2muk6dh53fi https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/koi-carp-fish-in-a-pond-sbkfzieepketk5lmj https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/port-jackson-shark-pup-in-water-4k-4i6jwjo https://www.flickr.com/photos/berniedup/15573147038/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/berniedup/15780821046/in/photolist-q3uQiu-pNcbaf-ecZBnb-pJ9s49-ecTT3i/ https://youtu.be/J2_9EURKjEk https://youtu.be/5tHnG1kuySM https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/vector-map-of-world-in-grey-with-white-borders-gm1132051574-299952907 https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/close-up-shot-of-live-crayfish-walking-in-water-inside-of-fish-tank-in-fresh-seafood-store-bjuhthbisk2ow0ujf https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/caged-mice-eating-in-food-bowl-7stmgsd https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/a-male-and-female-duck-waddle-towards-the-camera-stz5xhezxjj0mfigy https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/underwater-red-eared-sliders-underwater-eonjhutsgil3ujxd0 https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/the-turtle-peeps-out-of-the-water-in-the-aquarium-it-depicts-emotion---surprise-bvr_o5e4dwj6hpdegf https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/animal-reptile-aquatic-water-turtle-in-a-water-pool-hkrh-sthukb48x9rc https://youtu.be/CNdIg5R9gcU https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Atractosteus.JPG