Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1899 — THE WORLD'S STRANGEST FISH [ARTICLE]

THE WORLD'S STRANGEST FISH

rare* Australia. udHfeeaMi of Africa. It appears to be almost the connecting link Htwun fish and alrbrea .Mug animal*. The Australian va riety of long fish—drratoda* hnv not only gUfe, bo* aloe n Modifier by which It breathes air nod otters sounds that log of its habits. Thin strange fish crawls oxer marshy pH res by the aid of Its fins, ■■lings noise Rke n bark, which ■■ node non than eerie In tha alienee of the night. The sir Madder h an adaptation by nature of rids strange Ads to the peculiar conditions nadnt which it in compeOed «a exfe*. The streams In which k h found dry a* h the dry mason and the tang Ash has to breathe air rametime* far months at a rime. It buries itself in the mod. and only when the warm rains come down does It