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Gar have primitive lungs and will stick their head out of the water to breathe
They’re not the only non-Tetrapod fish that are obligate air breathers.
What
I’m doom scrolling through Lemmy while Just Background Noise is being just background noise, read this meme and don’t understand it, so I shrug it off. About 5 minutes later he starts rambling about eels being air breathers
I watched the video two days ago, so I was just… that sounds familiar, who said that?
Oh, it’s because they live in a low oxygen environment. They can breathe through their skin and gills.
So, not obligate then???
Weird. I found out about this today from Strands.
