Valdemar the Mudskipper is hunting

[xcoffeinex]

Is that a bowl of water? Are you supposed to have a bowl of freshwater for them? We have a mudskipper and I'm finding it very difficult to find any good caresheets about them.

[Jyrow]

After all that!? Wow, how these girls live in the wild is beyond me. And regardless of that fact I want one!!! These guys are awesome!

[RectangularBird]

Awe, this makes me miss my Mudskipper. <3

[anglefish2078]

at my local pet smart they say yhey might sell mudskippers for $10.00

[zebralover2270]

Where do you get Muddskippers? :)

[RectangularBird]

@zebralover2270 I got my first one shipped to me from a pet store several states away as for at the time I couldn't find any others closert to me for 30 bucks, plus 30 more for shipping which was a huge rip-off. Later I've located them at a local pet shop that's selling them for $10.00. I highly reccomend you don't get them shipped, as the shipping process is very hard for them to survive. ):

[anarbol]

not the smartest hunter in the world

[lironess]

He has the cutest little arms :)

[lordlimbo999]

LOL FAILED!!!! RUN FROM FOOD

[tatumcricket]

There were SO many opportunities for the mudskipper to just chomp down on the little bugger (ha! little BUGger!)

[drgustavoassis]

Hi!That mudskipper living in aqua or aquaterrariun,i live in Brazil,Rio de Janeiro,you can answer any questions for this specie ?

[flamingdaisy6]

Good God, that cricket's almost the size of the freaking thing!!

[skdesign]

he didn't eat the cricket!

[DinoKlaw]

@skdesign

Well, it's Valdemar the Mudskipper is hunting, not Valdemar the Mudskipper is eating.

[skdesign]

he didn't eat the cricket!

[Goopycrunchi681]

SWIM, CRICKET, SWIM!!!

[steveisamadbeast]

2 questions where do you get them and are they salt water or fresh? plus...herd ya like mudskips!!!!

[reaper147000]

@steveisamadbeast You can get them at a pet store, but you might have to get them special ordered, and they are brackish, which is a mixture of both

[SteffersFavourites]

I saw mudskippers in my nearest aqarium creatures & goods suppliers. First time I seen domestic ones. They had a nice tank with a lower area with fairly deep water & a higher are with shallow water. Can these creatures live with african dwarf frogs or will they attack them?

[sirengrove]

@SteffersFavourites they can live pretty good with firebellynewts

[ubiquitousparadox]

Oh Valdemar you silly shnooter - just playin with your food... I think he wants a wresting buddy. Like it was so funny - he didn't want to attack the cricket unless the cricket's back was turned - cricket turns around Valdemar runs away at 1:02 - Maybe he needs snack size crickies

[Aniallationful]

5:50 DON'T DO IT ANAKIN I HAVE THE HIGHER GROUND

[anonimoculto]

Little mudskipper: don't play with the food!

[anonimoculto]

Who is hunting whom?

[nblax41]

I heard you leik Mudkips...

[girlybits7]

that cricket is kinda too big. If you got him smaller ones, he would have eaten it by now.

[Riolu7777]

I think he's playing with it. lol

[ghosterdude]

he needs to grow some hind legs, some hair and teeth and claws.

[mrqwertyuiop8]

kill it already

[drmaikati]

Hahaha is he a tard or something or not so hugry :D?

[krocodial]

ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS !

[silverscreenname]

I found this as poignant as Death In The Afternoon by Hemingway. Maybe more poignant.

[adfgfds]

Its so cute looking :D

[TheFreshPeddler]

cool fish , horrible hunter. what i keep waiting for is a larger fish to come out of nowhere and eat them both. nice setup and fish regardless of their hunting prowes

[ZorroTomas94]

EAT THE GODDAMN COACKROACH!! XD

[mousedrag]

If you have lice, put him on your hair :D

[patrickstarr999]

lmao i love the intense stare down at 2:20

epic

[JameslJaames]

My mudskipper just died today *sigh*

He was a good mudskipper, he reached 1 year and 26 days before he dies.

r.i.p Suger. )';

[catbake71]

@JameslJaames i feel sorry 4 u. im not being a kiss-ass. im not using sarcasm. i mean it. R.I.P cute little mudskipper ;'(

[newdogweirdskills]

wth... he just jumped off da log.. lolxzzz

[Amberzz7]

I want one

[ilovejesus132]

were can i buy one add me and send me a msg cuz i want 1

[idunnosia]

can i keep it in fresh water if i caught it from the mangrove?

[Ninjaboy52]

Is There Any Type Of Pelits I can Feed Them I WAnt One And My Parents Wont Allow Crickets

[redcoatrifle]

there carnivors

[bopkick5]

do they sometimes actually eat mud . . . if they're hungry?

[redcoatrifle]

no they are carnivorus

[Totototototototototo]

WHAT?!?!? i watched the whol thingand it STILL didn't eat it? WTH lol

[phoenixx100]

i leik mudskipz...

[ipilincoln1515]

do they eat small fishes?

[airwater9]

formidable hunter this fish. not

[tyfus8]

My Mudskipper Emilek love little fish. I take 4 or 5 little fish to Emilek's watter and he is so happy :D 14 days hunting it :)

[Kaimanfisch]

sweet jam

[Azkamidaka]

Song: ROBERT MILES - Children

[webcam224]

yeah haha my name is VALDEMAR!

[Richardenes94]

My mudskippers too small when he tries to eat the crickets he spits em out again

[rolexx]

Song is by Paul Oakenfold on the Traceport album. Forget the actual name of the song but the whole album is basically one song (transitioning track to track).

[JameslJaames]

Darude - Sandstorm ;)

[crotchfungus]

I don't think hes eating it man

[LucasFingolfin]

whats the song name? is perfect!

[SantiRockerCool]

mudskippers should be classified as an amphibian for the following reasons: Fleshy and strong limbs able to walk and create movement, slippery and smooth skin, bulgy and popped out eyes, can spend extended periods of time out of water.

[haakon1501]

Good thought Santi but not quite correct. I do not know much biology, but I know enough to understand the mudskipper is an example of CONVERGENT EVOLUTION. It lives an amphibian lifestyle but is far from being an amphibian. One of the most basic differences between amphibians and fish is, whereas fish live their entire lives breathing through gills, amphibians undergo METAMORPHOSIS where their gills develop into air breathing lungs. (E.g. an aquatic tadpole becoming a terrestrial frog)

[FFScantgetadamnname]

santi, they can spend extender periods out of water only because of their ability to store water and use it while on land. By your logic anything that can hold its breath underwater should be classified as an amphibian.

[SantiRockerCool]

I KNOW ALREADY they are in the category of lungfish and I realized that already!

[storchlolo]

First of all, I think who ever put Mudskippers in the class of fish, was an idiot, they are obviously more related to frogs and such, and I also think Valdemar was playing with the cricket, or he would have had him in the first minute.

[SlowSlowSloth]

var köpte du den??

[rsuriyop]

mudskippers and lungfish are such interesting subjects. how do go about deciding whether these things should be classified as fish or something else? don't get me wrong, they are referred to as fish, but i just don't see them that way.

[corpsemunger]

yes me neither, i think of them more as amphibians

[IsAkO8]

What animal is that?

[lgr1991]

mudskipper, its a fish thats kinda semi evolved into a reptile, it can live out of water, it breathes through its skin, absorbing moisture from the atmosphere, amazing creatures

[pppaullll]

hes not the swiftest of hunter

[vespertinne]

Mudskippers are some of the cutest little ugly guys in the animal kingdom... I just wanna squeeze them and hug them!

[suicidetekky]

worst use of a robert miles track ever.

i liked listening to the song, though.

[layla48]

So did het get him in the end? gosh, it was so interesting' like watching national geographic; it had drama, it had comedy, sexual tension... lol jk, nice tank :-)

[DeathByBurning]

Any chance you can help me with something? where the hell can you find these? i love them soooo much but cant find them in pet stores, secondly i hear theyre vicious...can you keep them in a tank with other fish/animals? and thirdly, what size tank do you have?

[MudskipperLover]

I had to get mine shipped over 5 states away... and it died due to the damn idiot who shipped it. If you don`t give them a big enough tank, they can be territorial with other mudskippers. If you want to get it shipped, be sure it`s not about to come in a blastic baggy with water and a piece of small styraphome ;)

[SinOfANBU]

OM NOM NOM NOM NOM

[victorrockspeng]

how big is the tank?

[sirengrove]

i love ur tank

[sirengrove]

awsome youve got a hermit crab in there too!

[SeanTheReptileGuru]

wow! i've only ever seen these guys on animal planet and such, where did you get 1 for a pet?

[MrGrayMyMudskipper]

i am getting a mudskipper in a week naming him Mr Gray. Yours is so cute

[fLiPpAntMisSCreanT]

This just makes my amphibian obsession worse. Thanks for posting, especially the great jumps! If mudskippers are pretty strong for their size, glad they are little.

[wisssa21]

can i put mudskipper and fire bellied newt together in one aquarium??

[SeanTheReptileGuru]

no, you better keep them apart

[mechavoom]

i always thought mudskippers were the cutest things ever.

[Shawkorrr]

Yeah thats why I bought two of them, they are both having a blast in my big fishtank :D

....mudskippers for the win!

[sirengrove]

@Shawkorrr can you hold them?

[GangstaBPRad]

my mudskippers gang up on my crabs and they beat each other up. im gonna get a new tank for the crabs bcuz they get hurt and even if tis is normal im not gonna risk it. before i had the crabs with the skippers, they were ok so i think there wont be a difference

[dontbedifficult1]

evolution rocks

[BrittanyPage]

This was 7 minutes of torture.

[Question150]

Valdemar?! cool name dude^^

could he live with the crab in peace or do they beat each other?

and man, the first time he doesnt catch, he escaped xD

[iluvthewildlife]

Mudskippers aren`t my life, but they make my life whole.... =) I really want to have one as a pet =( THEIR NOT EVEN ON PETFINDER THOUGH!!!

[ChloeJ500]

He never catches the cricket! Never! not after 7 WHOLE MINUTES.

[thbs35]

mudskippers are adorable.

[Forewarned76]

Ahhhhh Gwoemul!

[NAPALMJUNKY]

mabe the cricket was too big.

[nijntje4]

nice vid, nice quality! ;)

[P0werw1se]

Did Valdemer ever end up catching his food?

[iykist]

I guess not

[animalova73]

They are so cute! ^^

[iluvthewildlife]

totally!!!

[thickturd]

Anyone know how much salt to add to 5 gallons of water for a mudskipper tank? (Its a ten gallon aquarium with half water half land, so five gallons of water, but it already has 8 Tablespoons of salt which i was told to put in,2 tablespoons per gallon (8/2= 4 gallons of water) Need help with this!

[MahoroSu]

1 tbsp per gallon... it all depends on where u got ur mudskipper from, if u got it from ur LFS, try to keep it the same as theirs, then add more or less salt slowly every month... to get to the point where he/she is happy...

[tropicalxfishflakes]

im hoping to aquire on of these. i currently have a fire bellied toad which i can tank it with. i also have a turtle an oscar, a betta, a algae eater, an iguana which i will be parting with soon,and a pacman frog

[yzfto47]

Wow! Bra kamera! Slamkrypere er kule.

[quaqa88]

This leaves me in suspense! I want to know what happens next!!!!

[markgilst]

Mudskippers are so awesome, that I might start my own mudskipper farm.

[ericifish]

haha hes awsome

[sivasothi]

Nice video - think the cricket was a bit large for its gape, so maybe out of its ideal prey size.

Looks like a Periophthalmus walailakae, which is found in Thailand (western/Andaman coast), Malaysia and Singapore at least.

[Bangelo95]

sweet how much they cost

[boselectaboy2]

in my local petshop they are £15.00 each~ i have 4 (:

[sideshow419]

let them be free, pet shops aare EVIL!!!

[boselectaboy2]

no if you think logically if they are free they could get hunted.. and eaten! so if people are here to look after them there safe to live a happy life! (:

[caramelicing]

depends on the conditions in which the animals are kept

[iluvthewildlife]

ha ha I`m dieing for a mudskipper, I`m obsessed with them XD I do animations (which I still am working on and to upload them) I live in the US, and I cannot find any in the USA!!! Or anybody who has them in the US =(

[minmonk]

For the love of god rip some legs off the cricket so he can catch it faster lol.

[sselfless]

Great choice for the music!

[steeeev3]

what is this song!?!?!

[sselfless]

Robert Miles - Children

[sexybrox]

seen them in guinness advert lol .. so cool

[sellrsacc]

a big goofy toothless (as far as i know) version of jaws... watch out!! he will knaw on you!!!!!

[Bernler75]

LOL! Mudskippers is just so cool:D He's a bad hunter though:P

[GUSTHEKID88]

RaySpaz.... maybe you are not on the bright side ??? That is obviously a cricket and not a grasshopper.... dumbbassss

[RaySpaz4]

i think the mudskipper and the grasshopper are both not quite on the bright side lol. the grasshopper for standing still while the mudskipper stalked him. and the mudskipper for not destroying the lil thing lol.

[ktel3]

He is a very bad hunter LOL

[jacko821]

I want one

[Diamondthechamp]

whats the music

[JMCraig]

robert miles - Children (dream version)

[LifeIsABigPuzzle]

So the mudskipper is half fish and half amphibian. It is a living missing link.

[JMCraig]

no, it's more recently evolved than the amphibians. this is a relatively modern creature when compared to the phylum of amphibians. the oldest osteoichthys (bony fish) still around are marine, i think.

[LifeIsABigPuzzle]

Then what is a living link between fish and amphibians alive today?

[JMCraig]

the thing is, it's not as simple as "links." there IS an evolutionary progression from fish to amphibians to reptiles (including birds and mammals), but there is no "first" land animal. it didn't happen in such a linear fashion. also, the ablility to live out of water probably evolved in parallel in a few species of proto-amphibians, and all those are extinct now.

closest modern fish to amphibians are lobe finned fish like the mudskippers.

[majorvoltage]

"closest modern fish to amphibians are lobe finned fish like the mudskippers."

Actually mudskippers are ray-finned. There are 2 main groups of living lobe-finned fish; the lungfish and the coelacanths. Interestingly, the lungfish are more closely related to tetrapods including humans than they are to the coelacanths. Lungfish and tetrapods diverged from their lobe-finned common ancestor AFTER coelacanths diverged.

[JMCraig]

oh, yeah, sorry. my bad.

[pseudonymm]

JMCraig- as I understand it Tiktaalik is the best "missing link" between tetrapods(amphibians+everythin­g else on land) and bony fish that we have today.

Also, there seems to be a sort of progression from Eusthenopteron, to Acanthostega, to Ichthyostega.

You can wikipedia those names to see what should be a pretty clear progression in fin development, from "lobed fin" to "fingered fin" to "amphibians". I think Tiktaalik is between acanthostega and ichthyostega.

[XionKaiser]

Hey cool vid man, like the music you put in these little guys are fun to watch

[markgilst]

I saw a land hermit crab in the video.

[bitetheretard]

hahaha

[gexmofia]

it never actualy ate a cricket lol

[jegbert79]

I like your natural looking terraquarium. It appeared like Valdemar was more curious and playful with the cricket, than at the end it was like he thought "maybe I'll try eating my friend".

[markgilst]

IT BLINKED!

[kiravintio]

was pretty cool when the dorsal fin went up

[rapeyourfuckingdog]

dude what song is that?

[AndreSpike2]

Robert Miles - Children

[chainsaw745]

im studying amphibious fish and i think the mudskipper is probably my favourite. i always used to think they were like whales and that they held their breath but it turns out i was wrong they have like water tanks inside of them that keep their gills moist

[rightwingzionist]

Umm i think that cricket is its friend.

[lordkucan]

lol wicked, well done.

Mudskippers rule. look for the facebook group! :D

[Teremei]

haha, not a very good hunter though. But pretty cool goby.

[Mokper]

I don't think its goby, I seen goby b4 and I just got a mudskipper in ma tank yesterday. They look similar but different in the eyes and leg/fins but yea... I have no clue

[jegbert79]

mudskipper is actually part of family Gobiidae (goby). I want to get one but live in AK and pet shops do not carry them. Anyone know of website they can be ordered from online?

[Mokper]

thx, good to know (lazy to do ma research)

[TristanIAM]

If you own a pet maybe you should do research.

[Joppazilla]

nice habitat u got goin there

[therevolutionstarted]

I am so upset I watched that entire thing and he NEVER got the cricket. Awful

[lmille24]

this video sucks

[chaosclone67]

Mudskippers are ugly... Fugly... But still they are cool to have. They really act like dogs though!

[KillatheDawn]

those things r so ugly u need to kill that thing

[judd3336]

the food is too big for the poor fish!!!!!!!!!

[delightracardeanne]

No it isn't, their cheeks expand, they're actually quite extraordinary little critters.

[anonymouser]

whats the name of the song? loled at the mudskipper

[6153113]

I love mutsugoros, but I think that only the people who can take care of them should get them if not its a pity is better to keep them in their natural place.

[LAfishie]

hi nice mudskipper, which spiecies (i dunno how to write that) is it, cause iam getting one too soon with some crabs

[slothboy77]

looks nigerian... cool things about nigerians is that they are the only mudskipper that can go completely freshwater. either that or indian, which are too brackish.

[skullmonkey3001]

awesome song

[gmann21193]

are mudskippers hard to take care of?

[slothboy77]

no, at least not in my experience. in fact, id say they are one of the easiest things to take care of. Brackish water, a little food here and there, extremely simple. If you want some more info you can look at my comment above yours.

[ceman99]

This is the most funniest thing I've seen.. where can I get a mudskipper?

[delightracardeanne]

You can't have one. They're difficult to take care of and you only want one because they're cool. NOT a good reason to get one.

[dudesteve]

what exactly is a good reason to get anything???? i mean, you keep dogs cos you like the look of a certain breed, you keep birds cos they keep yuo company, and so you keep mudskippers cos they 'look cool'!

[delightracardeanne]

Well, I get my dogs from shelters, so I suppose I get them because I know that I have the finances to take care of them, they need homes or else they'll be put to sleep. Get a mudskipper because you're familiar with the species, love it, and know that you know enough about it to keep one.

[ChibiKittyCat]

This is awsome :P