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Mud, Part 2

Stuff To Blow Your Mind

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The Mud Skipper

The mud skipper has specialized morphology for semiaquatic living on these mud flats. They can breathe air through their skin and the lining of their mouth, the only thing that gets them wet. This is key to their egg laying. Also this is how they avoid predators. Joe included an image of a mud skipper spitting mud.

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