Mudskipper: Evolution In Action

[@saf1819]

Can't wait till they become Marshstomps.

[@ryuishisama5149]

pokemon

[@halisterfernando9160]

Hell yeah!

[@ancientcheesegod]

You mean marshstompers

[@halisterfernando9160]

@@ancientcheesegod interesting question!

[@ancientcheesegod]

@@halisterfernando9160 Swamperters and mega swamperters!

[@endlessmd6768]

“Everybody is a genius, but if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid” Mudskippers: *Am I stupid or super-genius?*

[@monkeydigs6696]

Well no but actually yes.

[@XxdextriousxX]

Yes

[@hat880]

@@monkeydigs6696 lmao...right🤣🤣 Only SOME PEOPLE are geniuses....it is okay to be average 🤭

[@ThotDestroya2025]

Heeheehee!!

[@Emelineeeeeee]

If only we could warn them... "Turn back! It's all downhill once you get out of the water... next thing you know you'll have anxiety and taxes"

[@theethicalhacker7271]

Ain’t that the truth 😂

[@carlossanchez-us9dl]

Damn you're right 🤣

[@burgerhamlinklog312]

Anxiety and taxes and Swedish fish

[@ansuz5903]

Just don't pay taxes you wage slave

[@unrealpotato2230]

@@burgerhamlinklog312 everybody loves svenska fiskar

[@dafe480]

"should we do that thing of amphibians again?" Evolution: yes

[@footfault1941]

Skeptical, sorry. Admittingly, there could always be a possibility though, not in a way she told. Besides, phylogenetic restrictions must be taken into consideration.

[@martin11844]

should you also copy and paste all the other branches at an exponentially fast rate??

[@dafe480]

@@footfault1941 excuse me, what ?

[@dafe480]

@@martin11844 yes

[@hand724]

nonbelievers:

[@yuitachibana6145]

Mudskippers are so cute. Like a tadpole that never got past the second stage!

[@XSemperIdem5]

Teenage Mudskipper: it's not a phase, mom!

[@eskay1891]

Exactly what I thought and you already said it.

[@coachwaffles8593]

Daniel is cuter, i wanna go on a date w her

[@cruzaldinomorales9790]

“Second stage” lmao. How old are you? 5? Haha

[@danielmiyahara320]

@@cruzaldinomorales9790 shut up

[@beautyforashes2022]

2:28 It's just so funny and strange to see a fish, sitting out on top of a rock, basking like a lizard. They're such a neat species.

[@FACELESS_VOID_00]

"Do you prefer Water or Land?" Mudskeepeer: *YES*

[@Lemme-sniff-ya]

Mudskipper: think they call that mud

[@nunyabiznes33]

Mudkipperz: I liek both

[@Zenssei]

Well they prefer water cause they cant survive on land for long

[@sundalongpatpat]

They don't keep muds

[@larasitaapsari280]

Danielle nailed every fashion style and we're here appreciating it

[@samhaines8228]

so true! Looking fabulous, Danielle!!

[@MrDeftones012]

Yes she’s very beautiful

[@jcloudy8508]

She's looking slim too! Go Danielle!

[@skyler3295]

Shes always lovely to see while whales and seals do blodshed😌

[@masterofpuppets5072]

She is too sexy

[@MadamFoogie]

Such a skilled animal, and still so awkwardly cute. I never get tired of watching their adorable little fights.

[@AntonioZL]

Seeing them is like seeing our own ancestors hundreds of millions of years ago. Amazing. They're at a point we've been before, and this is amazing.

[@AKdaJuiceGuy]

Why aren't anymore evolving?

[@three_iii9198]

@@AKdaJuiceGuy Who says they arent, the only thing is, evolutions pans over millions/thousands years so its hard to notice it

[@Username-le4eq]

@@AKdaJuiceGuy were still evolving but very slow and unnoticeable. Like how you dont see plants grow in front of your eyes.

[@AKdaJuiceGuy]

Do any of you have evidence of this phenomenon?

[@AKdaJuiceGuy]

@Ligerbee neither bones nor these fish are evidence that support the main tenets of macro-evolution. In fact, after looking at the fossil record, you could determine that macro-evolution is actually false..

[@experience741]

when I was in elementary school my mother told me that there were fish that walked on land. Of course I didn't believe there were fish like that until one day my parents took me on vacation to one of the mangrove forests in my country and that's where I saw mudskipper fish.

[@dorabrooks76]

Hahaha! That's hilarious! Understandable, but hilarious. 😆 My niece is so used to her parents' sense of humor that she probably wouldn't believe it, either. Lol She's constantly suspiciously asking, "are you tricking right now?" At least they never lie when she asks! 🤣 I wish I could see them in their natural habitat- that's really cool! 😄

[@Temerityofficial21201]

Are u an Indian?

[@experience741]

@@Temerityofficial21201 no

[@Temerityofficial21201]

@@experience741 ok lol coz there are mangrove forests in western India that have those mudskippers so just making sure.

[@sanjeeva311076]

We are all fish that walk on land

[@lacane5722]

In the words of Zefrank1 :" This is how the mudskipper *do* ."

[@TheFos88]

Love him

[@rafaelbordoni516]

It's funny because they seem to be not related at all to the climbing perch, another fish species that can walk on land. How many semi terrestrial fish are there?

[@leam89]

Lots. Snakeheads are another example

[@bazzboda4785]

Polypterids and Lungfish as well.

[@rafaelbordoni516]

Thank you everyone for the replies! Before asking, I googled both the mudskipper and the climbing perch, and they seem to be just their own thing, so I figured if there were more they would probably be not so closely related to these two. I'll look those up!

[@carlosandleon]

lungfish

[@bakedgoldfish45]

a lot

[@exterminator901]

So basically this is Earth equivalent of the Jyuratodus from Monster Hunter.

[@XC11301991]

Technically could be said Jyuratodus is just a descendent of the mud skipper

[@redzombiethe50th60]

Yeah.

[@yamantisshrimp2808]

Thucking Jyuratodus

[@stephenjohn2131]

Im so glad i found my family here, could never expect it ever haha, how about Plesioth though. He doesn't play with mud but i had to mention him lol the first walking fish in MH universe.

[@ryuishisama5149]

omg lol

[@bri1085]

Creationist hate him, learn the weird trick this fish used to walk out the sea

[@tungstendioxide3055]

Oh, boy! I can't wait until christians find this comment

[@spenserwhite4603]

Christian here. I laughed out loud.

[@epileptictrees5213]

@@tungstendioxide3055 Christian =/= creationist

[@pokerchannel6991]

when Christians or Creationists cannot dispute the overwhelming evidence for evolution, they resort to the slimy tactic of usurping evolution as "part of Gods plan".

[@fleezyp]

Quality joke ruined by weirdos in the replies :]

[@Yolo-jg8yf]

"And this fights are epic! Floppy and muddy messes. " Mudskippers during the whole fight: :O

[@mahamadouhassane1462]

"The fish that learned to walk" I mean.. ain't we all descendants of fish that learned to walk ?

[@viktoriyaforrest8265]

This fish in particular gave up.

[@randomcat1962]

@@viktoriyaforrest8265 they’re slowly evolving and soon they’ll take over

[@Bonniethebunny]

@@viktoriyaforrest8265 nah, just a more recent evolving fish. They'll likely be terrestrial in the next several million years.

[@matheussanthiago9685]

nah that's a case just a case of convergent evolution happens all the time, you'll get used to it

[@danielschechter8130]

Yes, we're descended from fish that learned to walk. But our fish ancestor is long-since extinct. The mudskipper is a real, live example of another fish that's doing it again. If anybody asks how could a fish come out of water and learn to walk, we can just point to the mudskipper. That's how.

[@--Paws--]

The leaping blenny (alticus saliens) has a similar adaptation except they don't use mud they prefer to just jump on rocks near the shore. Similar to the mudskipper, these blennies will get out of the water and find cracks in between rocks to make a den for their partner to lay eggs, which still have access to water. Blennies and gobies tend to have the ability of climbing rocks, and waterfalls.

[@ariyantolim2197]

Isnt it amazing how almost limbless creature climbs rocks better than us with complete limbs climbing stairs

[@nathanr4633]

Evolution: so there’s this environmental niche we need filled, we’ll put you there for now but you’ll turn into something better Fish: what? Evolution: what?

[@ryuishisama5149]

legs

[@Umbra-r4k]

Mudkip has evolved to mudskipper!

[@jasonbates2687]

he's muddy mudskipper! best cartoon of all time, Ren and Stimpy

[@shannondore]

😆 I was singing Muddy Mudskippers theme song while watching this. I loved Ren and Stimpy.😁

[@ijustwantedausername]

Who’s got segmented eyes? Hahaha Ren & Stimpy is ridiculously awesome 🤘

[@KT-83]

The only criticism I have for this episode, it was to short...✌️

[@animalogic]

Agreed. We could talk about them for hours.

[@LeoStaley]

*too

[@dontariusperson6069]

@@LeoStaley nah he was right 😂

[@shakir1200]

@@dontariusperson6069 no -_-

[@dontariusperson6069]

@@shakir1200 L

[@kamisama9715]

One of the most convincing pieces of evidence for Evolution.

[@billyumbraskey8135]

"evolution" is axiomatically sealed. it's a closed concept. in other words, a circular logic reverse engineered to explain heredity. it begs more questions than it answers, and cannot account for itself at all (how does non-life beget life in the first place being the simplest)

[@ashenshield1712]

You know it's quiet Mudskipper: something's wrong I can hear it in my bones

[@yordy2740]

Makes me wonder what these creatures will become in a few million years

[@rattyeely]

It's cool how they're basically following the same steps as the fish that became land animals... except unlike those fish they don't have back feet! So it's likely even if they were able to spend more time on land and become something like a frog they would only have two legs

[@thediscordmemer5851]

@@rattyeely maybe their back fin will evolve into another foot

[@thediscordmemer5851]

@@rattyeely you never know just a few mutations and bam

[@Tsubahi]

Dinosaurs will come back this way. 🙂

[@mesofius]

In 18 million years they'll become accountants.

[@zayneytem]

Whenever I see them, I always just want to look back in time to think how our ancestors all began similarly here on land. 👀

[@mcstabba]

The whole video was great but I really need an exdended version of that end bit with the Arnold-fishes fighting it out!

[@UlexiteTVStoneLexite]

They are so cute

[@maybemaple4508]

Yes but no

[@Nominay]

@@maybemaple4508 Humans specialize at thinking so much of nature is merely "cute" which is a form of violence.

[@Rick_Sanchez_C137_]

While vacationing in Thailand I spent over an hour total standing on a dock watching mud skippers on the mud flats during the low tide…. Entertaining as hell. A real life “Muddy Mudskipper Show.”

[@lawrencerainze9693]

and delicious.

[@johnmurray3853]

Danielle is cuter😏

[@juraicgamer4408]

If we would leave the Earth right now and come back 800 million years later, I think we’re gonna meet a new sentient species

[@EternalEmperorofZakuul]

Imagine if we took today's species to another earthlike and watch how they adapt to the planet

[@Username-le4eq]

@@EternalEmperorofZakuul maybe thats what they did to our ancestor by an ancient advanced civilization....are we just an experiment...a simulation????

[@aspopulvera9130]

The eyes sure retracts like a family jewel after being soaked in cold water

[@kodavulpedrius6712]

Unlike the ones in your profile picture😂

[@goodnessjonathan5259]

6:25 I see what you did there 🤣🤣..we all do 😉

[@Ria-sd2ex]

I was gonna say😩😂

[@bobby491]

I knew I'd find this comment 😂

[@fatceaserdagreat241]

Yup.... I'm here JUS for the throat!!!

[@ezekel.4656]

🤣😂

[@thediscordmemer5851]

Just wait until they evolve gentiles

[@karijordan4930]

What a magnificent fish! WOW evolution way to go! My 5yr old grandson is going to love this video!!!

[@iilikecereal]

I wish I could skip ahead in time like 10 or 100 million years to see how they adapt and diversify :(

[@Mortthemoose]

I was thinking the same thing

[@I-didnt-ask-you]

Look no further than the creature known as Ted Cruz.

[@polespinosa4858]

Checkout Serina's mudwicket's journey.

[@vincevileborne]

ALL I CAN SING WHEN I SEE THIS ANIMAL IS THE “MUDDY MUDSKIPPER” THEME FROM REN & STIMPY. 😂

[@500werewolf]

Evolutionary proof at its finest.

[@Rick_Sanchez_C137_]

Half the creatures on the planet walk, thinking a creature that spends time out of water using appendages to walk proves evolution is silly… and many much better pieces of proof out there, like dated fossils showing progression.

[@oRealAlieNo]

Microevolution exist. Macroevolution is theory.

[@oRealAlieNo]

A monkey will be a monkey. Not turn into a fish.

[@oRealAlieNo]

Unless its sea monkey

[@goaway9923]

Jhonn is a lizard. Jhonn has a bit longer legs than other lizards. Jhonn's legs are passed onto his children. One of his great grand children has even longer legs. Continue this for 1000 years and add both charles weird looking skin condition and liz's wacky wrinkles and you have a new lizard! This is how everything evolves.

[@Gupadodo]

HAHA, I almost spit my drink out at the ending. Hilarious 🤣

[@leaveowits]

"GET IN DA WATTA" - Mudskipzenegger

[@anjealousanaconda9692]

I had no idea they flared up their fins, fascinating. Also I’d love to see a video on hummingbirds

[@icollectstories5702]

The dorsal fin reminded me of Dimetrodon and Spinosaurus; in the mudskipper's case, it seems to be used mostly for intimidation. Sails can be made visible while the animal lies prone. A point in favor for those who argue that sails are used more for communication rather than thermoregulation.

[@JustAnotherRandomGuy-_-]

They're from goby family and Philippines 🇵🇭 has a lot of them ranging from freshwater to salt/brackish water. I love watching them in the afternoon eating insects that got trapped in the mud.

[@punkpinata7062]

Mudskipper males: *Flop up into the air and land in the mud like a stone in a wet blanket* Mudskipper females who see this: "OHHHHH WHAT A MAAAAAAN!"

[@marcogonzalezmoreira6185]

This would make a great Pokémon

[@eldritchangel4058]

I heard you like Mudskipz...

[@nunyabiznes33]

@@eldritchangel4058 I too liek Mudkipz!

[@aisadal2521]

Aka, that one animal Bender stepped on when he time travelled with Fry and Professor Farnsworth 😂

[@spacepopeXIV]

He was coming at him!

[@OddWomanOut_Pi81]

In a couple hundred years these guys and axolotls might be fighting for dominance on this blue marble.

[@FurkanCemTurfanda]

I missed these classic episodes with the illustration baclgrounds.

[@vlad3060]

Who's the greatest mudskipper of them all? Who can skip through the mud with the greatest of ease? What kind of wonderful guy? Who can crawl like a dog without scraping his knees? Who's got seg-ment-ed eyes? It's Muddy! MudSkipper! It's Muddy! MudSkipper! It's the Muddy! Mu-ud Ski-pper show!!!

[@rullerorock]

Maybe in a future episode you could take a look at Coelacanths. They're so beautiful and strange, they'd fit right in on the channel. Also love your vids, I've been subscribed since the beginning and being able to see y'all out in the wilderness looking for animals was amazing. Love y'all and happy pride month ❤🧡💛💚💙💜

[@ArtThingies]

She has such a beautiful brain, beautiful brilliance, beautiful art, and she is altogether such an amazingly beautiful person in her entirety!

[@aves4081]

I recommend you to watch Zefrank's mudskipper episode after this.

[@irkalla100]

The epic battle music 🤣 And the end bit. I love this channel.

[@hampterland]

If I had a nickel for every time a fish has evolved into an amphibian, I'd have 2 nickels, which is not a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.

[@raptorzilla0710]

3 if you count the epaulette shark!

[@Sienisota]

I saw the thumbnail, thought "What abomination is that!? I need to know!" Clicked.

[@manofculture6581]

And here I thought that Panda Ants and Shoebills are weird.

[@jiyuunhuli-jing5021]

Amazing video as well, really like how theres a drawing being finished while it cuts to the girl, and they added what they sound to each other, plusball the footage ofc

[@thereviewer4173]

Transitional fossil? This is a living transitional creature from a fish to a land animal. It doesn’t get more obvious than this.

[@billyumbraskey8135]

looks like they are sticking around? what are they "transitioning"?

[@beatmyacorn4200]

@@billyumbraskey8135 could be sticking around, could be going back to water, could be going on land. Depends on the adaptions needed over millions of years. Yes millions of years, meaning you are just alive at a tiny tiny fractional intersection in that change. You don’t live long enough to witness macro evolution

[@cezar211091]

​@@billyumbraskey8135how fast do you want them to transition?

[@cezar211091]

​@@billyumbraskey8135 if chances were on their side, their evolution could lead to a new type of land vertebrate

[@rdm7386]

Human: The ape that learned to use too much of it's brain

[@FasterThanLina]

these fish always give me the heebee jeebees, always 😆

[@ernie9838]

That ending was absolutely necessary

[@coldsobanoodle7407]

Really like Danielle's outfit in this episode

[@kapitanleutnant1]

Who's the greatest mudskipper of them all? Who can skip through the mud with the greatest of ease? What kind of wonderful guy? Who can crawl like a dog without scraping his knees? Who's got seg-ment-ed eyes? It's Muddy Mud-Skipper! It's Muddy! Mud-Skipper! It's the Muddy! Mu-ud Ski-pper show!!!

[@kimbratton9620]

This is one of the most interesting fish!

[@mikanbalatoni3084]

I love the slower drawing, it's great!

[@JunaidWolf3]

Totally forgot about these types of fish cus I’ve been watching more things about axolotls

[@ezeukatusanene6267]

Finally, mudskippers 👏

[@AdrianDrott]

Thanks Pokédex.

[@akiriith]

I stopped checking videos for a fair while and I'm glad they brought back(? its been a few months I guess so idk) the sketching while danielle explains things. always felt like a staple of the channel.

[@asneedymouse]

Atheists be like “go grandpa go”

[@lewisgraham4174]

Makes sense why Mega Swampert skipped leg day lol

[@kingcar4728]

Day 3 of asking animal logic to do Cougars next

[@Santo_47]

Oh ! Those are fearsome creatures indeed. And always on the hunt. I hear there are several of them living nearby, so close, so hungry... They might even be waiting in the apartment next door, poised and ready to pounce on an unsuspecting young man ! Beware ;)

[@kingcar4728]

@@Santo_47 The are very shy and actually will run away from the sound human voices

[@footfault1941]

This is an amazing footage. Acrobatic dance by males is well known, but reaction by females is rarely shown. Prey-catching process presented here is really fascinating! Great!

[@101mylo]

How long does it actually take for it to turn into swampert?

[@ericthompson3982]

Danielle has given me a pretty cool Fathers' Day present

[@knightslayer6161]

Jyuratodus is proud of his descendants.

[@DreamDaddie]

Who's the greatest mudskipper of them all? Who can skip thru the mud with the greatest of ease? What kind of wonderful guy? Who can crawl like a dog without scraping his knees? Who's got seg-ment-ed eyes? It's Muddy Mud-Skipper! It's Muddy! Mud-Skipper It's the Muddy! Mm-ud Ski-pper show!!

[@davidlinet5076]

So it’s HIS fault i have to pay bills and work 😡.

[@fcm3d]

It's Muddy Mudskipper! I love that guy.

[@SquirrelASMR]

Aww how cute he wanna be a people

[@danielschechter8130]

Danielle is always delightful at the same time as she's showing us how much weirder and more fascinating reality is than fiction. Who needs Star Wars when we have Animalogic?

[@michaelskarpho1914]

She is so pretty

[@Godzillamovie1]

🎼Who's the greatest mudskipper of them all? Who can skip thru the mud with the greatest of ease? What kind of wonderful guy? Who can crawl like a dog without scraping his knees? Who's got seg-ment-ed eyes? It's Muddy Mud-Skipper! It's Muddy! Mud-Skipper It's the Muddy! Mm-ud Ski-pper show!!🎼

[@VegitoAttacks]

Not enough yelling.

[@jamesbenedictlabrado7560]

I live near the beach and we tend to see and observe them everyday. They're really fun to watch and difficult to catch.

[@LeepoyIfurung]

So this is the origin of Mudkip.

[@daymanAAAAHHHH]

I'm so happy I learned about this channel. If there's one channel on YT that I never miss, it's this channel.

[@RodrigoLopesBrazil]

Danielle is the host and the drafter. omg, the channel is amazing and she is so talented!

[@sunnytea07]

Mudskipper: I guess I’ll walk

[@ThePopsCast]

I used to own a goby and I love these guys because they look so alike

[@angelaengler2387]

Your channel is so fun Danielle!!! I LOVE Mudskippers, probably my most favorite water creature!

[@StarSong936]

Just started watching this video. I had a mud skipper as a pet about 20 years ago, and I have to say it was one of the most engaging little fish I ever had. He spent most of his time sitting just at the water line on top of a rock. He would hop over to my hand to take food right from my fingers. I fed him on a combination of fish flakes and meal worms. There was a crab in the tank that would hang out on the rock with the mud skipper that would also eat the fish flakes. The mud skipper would hop into my hand, and I could walk around the house with it. Take care all. Mudskipper fights - who has the biggest yawn - YAAAWWWNNN. For reference, see the Sarcastic Fringe Head. Yes that's a fish, look it up.

[@rpproductions9189]

When you invite your friend but he's level 1

[@TheBipolarx]

Dude, mud skippers are wild. Also, I love your hair and dress in this episode. You're killing it.

[@thantrus]

Ok, I was already entertained by the video itself, you didn't need to kill me with the Arnold Shwarzeskipper at the end XD

[@Mujahid_Mahmood]

@Animalogic I really loved this video of yours. But I was wondering if you could cover any of the following animals next 1.The Fishing Cat 2.The Soft-Belied (The Soft-Shelled) Turtle 3.The Inland Taipan 4.The Mugger Crocodile 5.The Markor 6.The Peregrine Falcon 7.The Caecilians 8.The Red Panda 9.Fleischmann's Glass Frog 10.The Sargassum Fish 11.The Spiny Orb-Weaver 12.The Indus River Dolphin 13.The Cuban Crocodile I find these lovable creatures underrated and not mentioned much. It would be a great way to introduce people to these. Hoping to hear your thoughts on this soon

[@ricestrange]

Fishing cat and red panda already explained

[@spielezer126]

I hope one day Danielle will make a video about Capybaras, the giant guinea pigs

[@meaneyedcat21]

Love the show! Have you thought about the Aardwolf as an animal to cover on a future episode?

[@Growingdopamine818]

Feels like its been a minute since I seen Danielle in a video... definitely like her the most !

[@MercurialMoon]

Everything about them is so fascinating to me. It's like they're from another planet

[@howtoguidesandgameplay7435]

Everybody gansta till the fish start walkin'

[@alyssa4818]

“Oh how the turntables.” One of my favorite quotes 😂

[@m3bbas139]

I just found some mudskippers in Hurghada all the way north of the Red Sea this map should be adjusted. Great job as always