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Lungfish

These funky fish are pretty hardy, able to bury themselves in the mud, when they sense a drought coming along, and survive in a state of dormancy for up to two years or more, when a convenient rain shower softens the mud and lets them know it is safe to come out again. These unique fish have limb-like fins which they use to creep along the ground, and they can survive up to the age of eighty or so. The Australian lungfish can grow up to 1.5 metres long, and they can stay out of the water for up to several days in order to move between pools of water and survive drought.

Lungfish