Fish out of water

Yay! My mudskippers have arrived! As planned I got two of them. I chose to get slightly smaller ones of the bunch since I didn't want them to get too big too fast. And the runts will now get free reign away from the dominant big boys at the pet store. One is lighter colour than the other. I don't know if that's gender related or dominance related...

They're absolutely fascinating! They move around quite a bit. Like to wet themselves occasionally and are really a fish out of water... in the water. They really behave as if they're scared to drown! If they find themselves in deep water, they'll flail and jump around till they find something to grab on to! They also like to act tough to the other one by raising their deep blue fin. Their eyes are also a shimmery blue green. The brown body is also decroated with little white and blue sparkles. They look like fish with frog heads but they're quire beautiful!

There are even articles about them on PubMed! On the cutting edge of Nigerian science!

The minnows are probably still around. They hide well so I can't be sure. I like to check everyday since the mudskippers keep trying to eat them. Not too successfully though since they're not so comfortable in water. But we'll see. So far, I don't know where Stumpy is...

Now... the names...

They're African Mudskippers, BTW. (let it load, it's automagically being translated by Babelfish.