Meet the Air-Breathing Fish with Poisonous Eggs

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:   / solomonrdavid  
and on his website: https://solomondavid.net/

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