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minus-squareInvalidName2@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 month agoThis is a variation of an idiom that goes something like “if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will think it’s stupid”. But as someone who used to raise killifish, I actually found out that there is at least one species of fish that can climb trees.
minus-squareBytemeister@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoThere is an aquarium supply store near me that has an open-top mudskipper display with a tree in it. Those guys definitely can climb trees.
This is a variation of an idiom that goes something like “if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will think it’s stupid”.
But as someone who used to raise killifish, I actually found out that there is at least one species of fish that can climb trees.
There is an aquarium supply store near me that has an open-top mudskipper display with a tree in it. Those guys definitely can climb trees.