r/Weird • u/SpillaMangBang • 3h ago

Red Lipped Bat Fish

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u/Puzzleheaded-Seat950 3h ago

They look like muddy mudskippers evil aunt and uncle from cleveland.

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u/GrimeyJosh 3h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/hexTGgy6FmyGsFOQ64

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u/AnnieJack 3h ago

Those look like Sesame Street puppets. Please tell me those are not real.

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u/Kruegr 3h ago

They are very real.

https://youtube.com/shorts/MkOQsVl2--I

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u/Jean-LucBacardi 2h ago

God I love goby fish. They are hilarious as fuck. Had one in my salt water aquarium paired with a pistol shrimp and they were inseparable.

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u/rabbid_chaos 1h ago

You mean the pistol shrimp didn't immediately try to kill it?

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u/Jean-LucBacardi 1h ago

Pistol Shrimp and gobbies form a natural symbiotic relationship

The shrimp makes their home and the gobby protects it and catches food that the shrimp will eat the scraps of.

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u/vennic18 34m ago

Can a pistol shrimp break aquarium glass?

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u/Jean-LucBacardi 33m ago

Nope but a mantis shrimp can. You need acrylic tanks for those.

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u/AmenableHornet 2h ago

Not only are they real, but they can climb trees. 

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u/wraysbay 25m ago

I didn’t know fish could walk ❤️