Dr. Hugh V. Smith, who visited Siam and collected many odd forms of fish for the Smithsonian Institution during 1027, describes some curious means by which some adapt themselves to the annual drying up of their water homes. Among them is the climbing perch, Anabas, which can climb steep banks by means of its tail and fins. "It goes overland from One body of water to another as fast as a man walking slowly.** (It would he interesting to know if they proceed directly toward water or if many of them never reach another body of water but perish in the hunt.) One would hardly go fishing with a spade, hut in Siam one digs two or three feet in a dried-up marsh to find nsh known as "serpent-heads" which are good to eat.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 225, 22 September 1928, Page 16 (Supplement)
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