Talk:Fish that survive on land

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dear oh dear[edit]

What's the point of copying one of our own freaking bloody articles? And the linking to it? Fail on a stick, CSmiller. Hang your head in shame. Totnesmartin (talk) 13:46, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

Terrible title[edit]

There must be a better way to title this than Fish that survive on land. Surely? AceModerator 09:21, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

It's walking fish over at TOW, and Colbert has dibs on "land fish." Rennie McGreet (talk) 09:45, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

Blue Dwarf Snakehead[edit]

When is 'recently'?

And should there be mention of this (possibly living off this and protected by the FSM. Anna Livia (talk) 23:11, 14 April 2019 (UTC)

Deleted line[edit]

log: https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Fish_that_survive_on_land&diff=2201745&oldid=2201744

"If it wasn't for the niche already being filled by terrestrial tetrapods, some of the fish below could possibly evolve legs given sufficient time."


I deleted this line because it implies a view of evolution that isn't short-sighted; or rather, it implies that evolution follows certain directions when that isn't the case. Could certain amphibious fish species "evolve" legs? Yes, and bats "could evolve" to swim. Those are all statements of potential and not probability, the latter being the actual implication of the statement. If tetrapods didn't occupy terrestrial niches, maybe another terrestrial species could take over? Anyway, this sounds very nitpicky, but that line just irritated me a bit. Sorry. — Godless Raven SDAPOe logo.svg talkstalkwalkbalk 🌹 Flag of Europe.svg 17:38, 9 July 2020 (UTC)