Walking Fish and Fiddler Crabs Dine on a Muddy Buffet | Ganges | BBC Earth

When the delta tides fall leaving just mud behind, mudskippers fill their cheeks with water giving them the ability to survive on land. This allows them to eat the nutritious debris left behind by the water.
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[@kdeuler]

It's cute how those mud skippers are trying to evolve into terrestrial beings.😄

[@KSPIRITS8]

So when humans swim in the ocean, they're attempting devolution?

[@casualfluufy_nes7471]

@@KSPIRITS8 Perchance.

[@borealfox]

​@@KSPIRITS8 Nope. Evolution does not have a target, it's a consequence.

[@KSPIRITS8]

@@borealfox Read the comment I replied to then read my reply to it again. Side not: All of reality has a target. Even what you believe to be evolution is comprised of serious of targets. Take a closer look at nature. Large and small.

[@MiguelRPD]

So their solution to arguments is to kiss.

[@I_have_just_eaten_842_doritos]

As a true man would do

[@AmenKing1999]

Iike how the mudskippers just kiss each other when they fight.

[@timohara7717]

Vote the crab more useful than scutes

[@roughroadrunner88]

2:15 if humans can settle our arguments and disputes like this prolly the world could be a better place. Just take out the mouth to mouth.

[@seanconway2268]

Nah nah keep it in

[@p5eudo883]

Adorable little creatures.

[@tangojuli209]

I could watch mudskippies for HOURS!!!!!

[@maryrosekent8223]

I saw Mudskippers at Sungai Buloh in Malaysia-they’re utterly fantastic in ugly-cute way!

[@TimeTheory2099]

Thanks BBC earth 👍 Love watching mud skippers It's like traveling back in time

[@bkme83]

I love BBC

[@oyetunjiabdulfatai3096]

I love that the fight is called an argument

[@adityabhattacharjee6094]

Didn't know the crabs were chill like that

[@Tahtaf]

i love mudskippers

[@footfault1941]

An exquisite shade of blue (spots or lines) is the trend in the mud fashion stage. So beautiful! So well-known creatures in the low tide, but come to think of mudskippers' protruded eyes, it's bizarre. It takes me much to imagine those charming eyes like in the position of many other fish species. Which is the anomaly, a huge claw or the other tiny one (more likely)? Yes, the big one becomes useful in searching a mate, but in other moment .... Nature never fails in overwhelming our imagination!

[@midnyghtson]

😂their "fight" looked like kissing

[@quantumblur_3145]

The annual mud buffet

[@OPPAIDEMON]

5/5 dish specialty

[@jahaggiralam1012]

😊

[@manojrangile4256]

​@@TheStockwell😊😊😢ikyfsdshjdvg

[@ihatepuffthepufferfish]

this won the internet 😂🎉

[@thelastgremlin6071]

The way mudskippers fight is the way I try and argue with a relative

[@Furrina89]

By french-kissing?

[@deriderex]

​@@Furrina89apparently so lmao

[@choudhuryindrani13]

I appreciate the background music, as an Indian 😊

[@WariorMageThief]

And people laugh when you say the first land animal evolved from a water creature that evolved some sort of limb/fin to walk on land lol

[@eileennovak1656]

Amazing. Love the polka dots.

[@debojyotisarkar72]

2:22 the battle that went down in history

[@LeprosuGnome]

Haha these creatures look so funny

[@candyskull8514]

Example of sea to land evaluation journy

[@mohang5925]

Arguments can get very heated..... funny🤣

[@3winanimal]

*Mudflats become a banquet for these creatures, rich in nutrients and tiny organisms*

[@bhinoyj]

Mud fish males ... She is my girl ... No she is my girl ... How dare you ... Let's make out😂

[@ethanotoroculus1060]

3:03 Lmao.

[@51515123]

They remind me of those aliens on sesame street. Yup yup yup yup yup yup ah huh ah huh ah huh yup yup 😂😂😂

[@bdvclips]

we are proud for this forest. It’s call Sundarbans, the mangrove forest that located Bangladesh.

[@fishyfool]

Excellent editing! that was great.

[@tareqsandwip3567]

I'm so happy after 12 year that's fish I see in our river said in the little water.meybe now this fish not available in the whole world.but I remember this fish catching so difficult..😂😂😂

[@amandabryant5618]

Life began in the water!!

[@mokarokas-1727]

Uh, yeah..?

[@akhila0762]

Woow ..funny creatures...thanks for uploading this and also providing these kind of knowledge to peoples...and lot of prayers for your efforts and patience...may god bless your whole team with good health and moments to explore new creatures from wild...LOVE FROM INDIA...

[@mesaeddie]

Such cool animals . I loved Muddy on Ren and Stimpy 30 years ago.

[@mdsahed1132]

All time see my Country Bangladesh Mangrove sundarbans.🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩

[@twinflowerfioretta]

Nature has always a lot of incredible secrets to discover - wow !🤩👍💙Thy !

[@bobmodova2601]

They look like a Pikmin enemy. Where are some blue Pikmin when you need them

[@Nasfikkhan2002]

Love From Bangladesh ❤

[@somedudeplaysroblox]

mudskipper fighting be like: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@drewboyd5855]

brilliant

[@bilalkurdish.berlin5237]

So amazing

[@rejikumar6296]

This is incredible.

[@amandabryant5618]

Geesh I just set on the toilet, and the video is over🤣🤣🤣

[@1985malibuexpress]

Precious critters.

[@ManeCuh]

0:30 did he just wink at me 😨

[@GeorgeWeeman]

So when mudskippers fight, they kiss to the death?

[@user-dc1dr9kr8x]

Fried mudskipper fingers

[@sanaullahmahmud1]

You should mention the place of your video 😊

[@Checkers87698]

They just kiss a lot when they argue - wish we all did

[@RavinderKumar-el6jt]

They are left without any predator

[@santonen359]

They look like a pokemon, Mudkip I say?

[@Tamo8]

Mudkip IRL

[@gowthamanantony8982]

Rain may pour all parts of the world timely and. Sufficiently. Food grains may abundantly to the satisfaction of all living beings ...BBC uncle good buy! ,

[@lol-lol00]

سبحان الله الخالق المبدع سبحان الله العظيم ❤❤❤

[@NoName-hl8wb]

I don't get why people say what those fish do is Walking it's crawling cause a bady crawls before it walks

[@endoneswa]

One audio file got stuck at the end of the video.😂 Gee..., watch the video before converting it.

[@duckymomdiary5388]

Amazing ❤❤

[@AbhinavVatsAVVA]

Beautiful.

[@alanatolstad4824]

Fascinating!

[@amhossain989]

Wow nice

[@timohara7717]

Vote for the crab

[@munghinhoy4501]

All disappeared in my place

[@matthewhoey3058]

lmao

[@laalaa99stl]

I heard you like mudkips...

[@user-ed8ju5if2c]

ربي جلا جلاله يخلق ما يشاء الله جلا جلاله العظيم الحليم الكريم الملك الملوك جلا جلاله

[@IamSoEasy47]

so the males get into conflict and basically make out for a few minutes? LMAO

[@lexaproishere]

My ancestors are probably a mudskipper

[@ivy-lopriore]

Cooooool

[@blacklover4731]

This video reuploded i see this video 4 years ageo

[@sohaildiverlatestfishingvi8273]

Wow ❤

[@phaolo6]

Funny fishes. Btw there's some audio + sub error at the very end

[@matalens48]

😊❤❤

[@theddixusa]

*These environments are rich in nutrients and support a vast array of life*

[@EternityReal]

These are delicious 🤤 fish 🐟

[@mikeoochie7699]

💀💀💀💀💀

[@ManeCuh]

0:42 AGAIN

[@sohanrika838]

is it food to eat?

[@ledraco4820]

Repost?

[@tb22k]

Wow 😯 😊

[@babababy59]

🎶Whos got segmented eyes?! 🎶 👀

[@nofuture_at_all]

Are they related to Mudkip?

[@stealthmode4755]

We call em mudskippers man. Whaddya think?

[@edwigcarol4888]

This is incredible ! Mudskippers belong to these creatures that made the passage of life from the sea to land! 375 Mio. Years ago ! Our living ancestor the walking fish ! There is a very interesting book on this from Neil Shubin entitled "your inner fish"

[@BenjaminLincoln.]

Nazareth. Animals

[@fatimaaparecidacorrea9945]

Bom dia

[@sri234]

Yes

[@mubarakadamtruckdriver4329]

I can't eat such fish

[@jakobmoiirers_jmoii]

BLUE animal spotted! so rare *-*

[@VedawatiAlbert-mi1tb]

Can someone eat them?

[@rubendarioparedessantacruz8094]

someone know where to what this full for fr33 ?

[@renishmidhunmagar962]

Not fish this is frog 🐸🐸

[@yasinansari4652]

Mashallah beautiful khubsurat 🇮🇳

[@pipipupu5104]

This is India only

[@RaushanKumar-ct3ix]

🔝🔝

[@EH_1995]

So they fight by kissing

[@HeidiCoversSongs]

Lip Gallegher

[@joefrancisniones7337]

Yes im early I'm first?

[@SumeetRaneAdvocate]

Dear BBC, stop calling our Holy River "Ganga" as 'Ganges', please. Or else we will start referring BBC as ब्री दू वा ( ब्रिटिश दूरदर्शन वाहिनी) and soon our north Indian brothers will make it ब्रिजवा (Brijawa) ...

[@agalitev]

ganges is the english term. they have no obligation to use the native term when there isn't just one native name for the river.

[@SumeetRaneAdvocate]

@@agalitevNative term...?? ...the river has got name....simple....refer to it by the same... Ganga ...

[@Cor6196]

The definitive proof of Evolution: not even a God could have thought up such strangenesses! 😂

[@hnevko]

Hey creationists - watch closely, my friends.

[@lesliewheeler7071]

Too gross for me to watch 😓. I tried!

[@solovoldo]

Pretty sure those fish just got gay. Ahhh, evolution! Better luck next time Lol

[@rosini112]

Looks like the male "arguments" are just angry make out sessions

[@erolayhan]

They tried to impress females then started kissing

[@animawor]

Beautiful.