FISH OUT OF WATER Finny Specimens That Climb Trees and Walk on Land.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 238, 21 January 1888, Page 4

FISH OUT OF WATER

Finny Specimens That Climb Trees and Walk on Land .

i climblig "* powers '-that this <~extrkordi«atfy 1 fish (isfaJned' above 'all :6theri3 that frequent' •the* laid, i By the' aid ofchii. spinyzt-gHlvt 1 oavers ftndr , tail' fin^ i which! •he pushes mto theirJbfrk, he, managesHo climb treee?and> I even 1 , til pino trees. iThab lie does it >awk" iwdrdlyWtrue, moving, somewhat after the" j ' mannetl of a measuring f or .looping oateri- ' j jpillar ; pwt the fact that^he ;cttnraccomplish j lib at alljis in j Jatteinping^i&featUs wfxp^cable. x< Boat-. 1 'riien' limn the Ganges ,and other rivers ,; where tlese,* climbing f perch, abound, catch thWam put. " r thdin in, Earthen keepi theW a)ye without any^water otten for as many & cix ,^ays,. killing thorn as ithey' .wish' to use tliem^and find them during. the'\yrc>le time- as lively as when newly caughtl ,•• , ' , _, , ■ ' s The jommon perch of English waters,^ .while liable to climb trees or even to walk a out the -fields, is possessed of great tenacifc of life after being taken from the water. ' When given a blanket of wet moss it' can >c 'carried in apparent comfort for' long distances, and in some paits of Europe the fishprman will offer these perches for stfle dunng the day, and, if not successful in disposing' of them, will replace them at night iji the ponds from which they were taken fti the morning, seemingly none the Worse for their outing.

Many kinds offish build- nests in the water for tb'e'protectibii of their 1 eggs, but the doras ,, l jna&e .theirs bsach. .This they, dp at. the beginning.- of the rainy season..' is formed 1 very Nearly' like tftat pf ,a>bivdand is built of dry leaves} which the little , creature goesininland ' to ife'tch., \Vhen it is; theiegga are deposited \vith,inYA n d,the small fishljJarents pover u p their . embryo . oflfepring . carefully and watch over theinjHati^great sjoHcitude. commou eeTlß^no^rnMColiave a similar *habit of moving about on the lan X, and will even live;fiej?ferjl dayjf outtrf'-^aterefsWhiafj an eel is drawn from, the -water and laid -Vpon t^eearbh it^at 9n,ce t puffsoutitsoheejijs'in a ve^y" noticeable manner, cjagel^s; 1 are fdriried^ Of* dis£eh^lble Ji pWches^or sacks' J cQvering>ithel r gi]J^, ?> "w f h"ich theeel'fill^'witli' .^YAter.jinsiOi^e^thati the tgrill-fibres maybelceptji^oietjj^ w)iich means ho is, enabled' to remain upon dry land for .a'qonsiderable timeXvitlioWTOWitig fd gef lMm:' whenKth'ei^b'n'd »where^th'e '^ccl 1 'mdkra^his* home begins to get dry, he takes in a good* supplyuofa^waVe-iH tttffl "stares- o^to^fin'di* L another^ 4 >mhdvifjiL^ '< like^ 5 %-- siiHke ; 'i'^Sif Od^irg^'bi'ifi teMlyUii 3^' iBtr4ighti'-lihi, '&r -fciie''pif 60 'of "Wet r pB' .ssshesutoifreaoto dire'ptibfi'h'e't'eeih^/" .by some eapitfad iflstifict, l ea f fcri6Nf. tii ":-"f ( ' ; : j 'Bhe ( Ana,bftsfstSa"aerisl or-bliiaßfiSb'fefeM of rlfi'diar Ifi'diap r is^p r e»h'apßj^ithe^moBt%dl6lWated ) :6*f ! *gty mh §s}lie^oeßtain# ilr<ih<Sffli6s aßeeMfmspj in- . very 4ik^ t E ;i pewl*fin«>feh t e ge%fal 3 fo*iw Ww 1 lardeffioale^^a^ Mo* »wat 3^ ' which - heC inhabits Iseenf^'OT? dan (WJ 6pn, ! F- 'lt x vie,' ; hp\f,everi, -