of Morphology once the revisions are done (which should be shortly). The next project is on walking catfish terrestrial behaviors. These fish are invasive in Florida and around the world and are renowned for their amphibious behaviors. Despite this, not many people know about their amphibious natural history, so I did a series of experiments and crowd-sourced information to learn more about this unusual species. I will not say much about this project until it passes peer review to ensure my science is sound, but our findings
are crazy. Basically, these fish taste the air to find new bodies of water while on land, live in the sewers, and come out of storm drains when it rains to feed on terrestrial vertebrates. The third project started by accident. While doing experiments at the University of Florida’s Tropical Aquaculture Lab, a person came in to warn me that one of my catfish got out, and that I need to be more careful about my invasive species getting loose. After apologizing profusely, I went outside to retrieve my fish‌ but it was not
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Zygote Quarterly 28 | vol 2 | 2020 | ISSN 1927-8314 | Pg 107 of 140