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West African Lungfish, that Lives on Land

West African Lungfish, that Lives on Land A lung fish in its cocoon lying outside its burrow. Photo credit:  Scrubhiker (USCdyer)/Flickr The lungfish is the kind of that vertebrate that can be found in freshwater. One of the best lungfish is Dipnoj and it is famous for retaining ancestral characteristics in the Osteichthyes, it can live on the land, it can live without water for a long time and mostly she can live without water even years. This name is suggested due to its ability to take oxygen directly from the air because it has a huge respiratory system. It is just like a land animal because, in most species of fish, it can’t stay on land, and also not possible to live without water. Most of them in such species do not use their gills, as we know that if we do not use a part of our body, it can be useless. In the same case, these species of lungfish always take a breath in the air and they lost the function of their gills when these fishes become adults. These fish are very use...