Dr. Alice C. Gibb 

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All the videos on this webpage were collected under Northern Arizona IACUC Animal Care Protocol 09-009. During the experiments, fish were placed on land for no more than 2 minutes, at which point they were returned to the water and allowed to recover for at least 2 hours. Fish were never visibly injured as a result of the treatment and there was no experimental mortality during the study.

All videos have been slowed down to play at approximately 1/5 real time, except the non-jumping species at the bottom, which plays at 3/5 real time. Videos have not been altered or manipulated in any other way.

Gambusia affinis

Gambusia affinis

In this sequence, a researcher drips water on the fish from a metal spatula to keep the fish moist.

Danio rerio

Danio rerio

Poecilia reticulata

Poecilia reticulata

Oryzias latipes

Oryzias latipes

Betta splendens

Betta splendens

Kryptolebias marmoratus

Kryptolebias marmoratus

This species voluntarily spends part of its life history out of the water.

Melanotaenia splendida

Melanotaenia splendida

Amatitlania nigrofasciata

Amatitlania nigrofasciata

Non-jumping species, for comparison.