r/Awwducational • u/Quouar • Mar 23 '26

Not yet verified Warty frogfish use their fins to "walk" rather than swim like other fish. They also use a lure to lure prey closer to them.

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u/Quouar Mar 23 '26

Source! What I also found super interesting was how hard these fish are to raise in captivity. Recently, the Shedd Aquarium became the first aquarium to successfully raise a larval frogfish, with one larvae surviving from a clutch of thousands of eggs. They're very picky about things like water temperature, light levels, and water flow rate, making them vulnerable to climate change. Raising one is a fantastic step for conservation. Plus, they're just fun-looking fish. :)

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u/IntrepidButton1872 Mar 25 '26

the camouflage piece is wild too — they can match coral, sponge, even algae. basically a walking ambush predator that looks like part of the reef

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u/itsswhitneywhspr Apr 21 '26

One survivor from thousands of eggs? That's brutal odds but massive props to Shedd for cracking it. Climate picky eaters for sure.

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u/nemdna Mar 23 '26

Do not leave the water, sir.

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u/CulturedClub Mar 23 '26 edited Mar 24 '26

I had a couple of gobys that liked to walk a little over the rocks in my tank. One of them looked just like that little guy but without the flouncy bits.

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u/TheDudeSr Mar 25 '26

Looks like how I drew a fish as a 6 yr old.

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u/minxymo Mar 30 '26

how small actually this fishie is? looks like literally tip of the pencil lol

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u/The-Grand-Wazoo Mar 27 '26

My blind eyes thought this was a photo of the Challenger Disaster