Have you ever thought about a fish with lungs instead of gills? That’s the amazing lungfish! The species (of lungfish) we are talking about today is native to Western Africa. You may be thinking why do they need lungs, lungfish need their lungs as every year their floodplain homes dry out. In order to protect themselves they make a cocoon and breathe through their lungs. African lungfish eat a variety of foods as they are omnivorous. Their diet consists of frogs, fish, mollusks, tree roots and seeds. Luckily, according to the ICUN they are least concern!

Thank you for reading,

Phoenix