Darn these guys are fun.
http://youtu.be/6aghsay_3Gk

Sorry I still can't figure out how to imbed this. I've done it before but it's lost me.

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Thanks for posting and to Herpseeker for rescuing you on the inbedding process, he is a champion for that. The mudskippers are just the coolest, how could any herper not find them amusing, they are so salamander like...? I surfed around and there is some spectacular BBC/Attenborough footage on mudskippers, you will surely enjoy it. Now with so many mudskippers in these brackish habitats, I would guess there must be some snake or monitor or reptilian predator that specializes in feeding on them...any of you in mudskipper habitat confirm? Fish are just fantastic examples of evolutionary diversity, and mudskippers are very "charismatic" examples. Vic

I believe the dog-faced water snakes, or bockadams (Genus Cerberus), of southeast Asia and northern Australia, eat mudskippers, but will also eat other things. Not sure if anything specializes on them.

I agree, mudskippers are awfully cool. I'd love to set up a nice display tank of them sometime, or better yet to see them in the wild! Thanks for sharing, herpseeker!

Gerry

We've only had the group for a week or so, but all 6 seem to be thriving on a diet of bloodworms, tubifex worms, and mysis shrimp. All 6 are name Muddy lol.

Hey, I reckon you know that I meant "Thanks for sharing, Mattlesnake King!"

Gerry

I assumed as much. For a minute I thought you were taking a stab at me for being youtube imbedding illiterate.

Thank you for the compliments. I'll update you guys on their progress over the next few months. We have some PVC tunnels on the "beach", and the males are closing up the entrances a bit and guarding them fiercely. Cutest thing since neonate Heterodon!

Matt K

who can walk like a dog without scraping his knees? it's MUDDY!!!

one of the best cartoon characters ever