climate change series: batfish adapt

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In times of climate change, walking batfish have escaped the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, which has poisoned their habitat and killed off their plankton food supply. The bottom-dwelling batfish have left the Gulf to become terrestrial and feed on large masses of shoreside algae slicks that form thick, dark brown blankets on beaches. The batfish have evolved to retain water subcutaneously to keep them from drying out, and have developed the ability to derive oxygen from the air though their thickened skins. Moreover, their pectoral fins have lengthened, hardened, and gained mobility, enabling the batfish to “walk” on these fins. Considering that animals first left the oceans for dry land nearly 400 million years ago, at the end of the Devonian period, this speeded-up evolution scenario is absolutely believable. The image is a close-up of several batfish scavenging among thick algae mats on shore. The style is a biological illustration with scientific precision, drawn as line art in bold colors.

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Walking batfish become terrestrial to escape intolerable ocean conditions.

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