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title: "Facts about lungfish"  
description: "A short explanation of the lungfish and their interesting facts"  
author: "Anjita D."  
published: 2023-09-22  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/2607/facts-about-lungfish  
category: "animals"  
tags: ["Animals", "facts", "general knowledge"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Facts about lungfish

![Facts about lungfish](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/f47690a2-11f1-49fd-bfdd-de653973805f/images/8bf689ee-0781-48a7-bb96-83d8f0dade68.jpeg) ![Facts about lungfish](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/f47690a2-11f1-49fd-bfdd-de653973805f/images/cd67e62d-e30f-4b68-a7a9-4af2926bd1dc.jpeg) Lungfish are a type of freshwater fish that can breathe air. ![Facts about lungfish](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/f47690a2-11f1-49fd-bfdd-de653973805f/images/48946091-6558-4d15-80a7-80ed46679b85.jpeg) They are also one of the oldest existing fish groups, with fossils dating back over 400 million years. ![Facts about lungfish](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/f47690a2-11f1-49fd-bfdd-de653973805f/images/9029fb50-e197-4eda-8ea2-97503caff385.jpeg) Lungfish have both lungs and gills. ![Facts about lungfish](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/f47690a2-11f1-49fd-bfdd-de653973805f/images/8dd196d9-d838-42fa-a7f7-fa4685d4cf6b.jpeg) Lungfish can survive out of water for extended periods of time, even up to several years. ![Facts about lungfish](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/f47690a2-11f1-49fd-bfdd-de653973805f/images/3381062a-3df0-4fa6-8ee2-4d3d40bf13db.jpeg) They burrow into the mud and wrap themselves in a mucus cocoon.

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