video | This fish can spend 4 years in a summer hibernation without a drop of water!

ArabiaWeather.com- Through our research regarding animal hibernation, we were able to obtain information that may be very strange to some, regarding a type of fish called the “African lungfish” that performs what is called summer hibernation in the dry months, for a period of up to To 4 years straight!

As soon as the dry season begins and temperatures rise and the water dries up, the African lungfish begins to escape, burying itself in mud and mud in order to hide from the scorching heat and sunlight, and works to cover itself with mucus to keep its body from drying out during the summer hibernation.

At this time, the residents of the region begin to exploit the mud and mud to make bricks, which are later used in building houses without realizing that African lungfish may be present inside these bricks, so that years of drought pass, and the fish are still in their places inside the bricks, waiting for years, before rain falls. To wake her up from her slumber, and then start moving herself out of the bricks and back into the water.

As for how the fish endured years of drought, it has some features that enable it to adapt and survive without water during the drought period, as the belly of this fish contains inflatable bags that store oxygen, and to expand them, the fish swallows slime and then excretes it again through the gills, This process also enables them to create an additional outdoor space around them that allows them to regenerate the air.