1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,530 boy these fish sure are horny 2 00:00:06,669 --> 00:00:08,489 the open access journal Evo dvo 3 00:00:08,489 --> 00:00:11,009 has just reported that there's a fish 4 00:00:11,009 --> 00:00:13,296 out there called the African annual fish 5 00:00:13,296 --> 00:00:15,616 that has the most rapid sexual 6 00:00:15,616 --> 00:00:17,886 maturation of any vertebrate species 7 00:00:17,886 --> 00:00:19,986 basically these fishes are being born 8 00:00:19,986 --> 00:00:21,976 then they hit puberty and then they go 9 00:00:21,976 --> 00:00:23,976 crazy with the sex and then they make a 10 00:00:23,976 --> 00:00:25,236 bunch of babies then they kick the bucket 11 00:00:25,236 --> 00:00:26,236 making baby noises 12 00:00:26,236 --> 00:00:29,406 I'm on a candy Mom Dad it's my own life 13 00:00:29,406 --> 00:00:30,986 quit telling me what to do? 14 00:00:30,986 --> 00:00:32,116 yo, what's up 15 00:00:32,116 --> 00:00:33,996 My name's Tony , people called me Todd 16 00:00:33,996 --> 00:00:36,496 Honey, you were supposed to take out the trash again 17 00:00:36,496 --> 00:00:37,476 Mera ,put that down 18 00:00:37,476 --> 00:00:40,945 All my friends are dead and soon I will be too 19 00:00:40,945 --> 00:00:43,240 basically these guys don't have a lot of 20 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:45,298 time to live their life because 21 00:00:45,298 --> 00:00:47,118 what happpens to puddels of rain in 22 00:00:47,118 --> 00:00:52,137 Africa .They dry up talk about Hakuna Matata 23 00:00:53,137 --> 00:00:55,177 not to worry though because these 24 00:00:55,177 --> 00:00:57,227 fish are built to handle this kind of stuff 25 00:00:57,237 --> 00:00:59,127 a report made by Martin Richard 26 00:00:59,127 --> 00:01:02,857 stated that they can grow up to 23% of their body length 27 00:01:02,857 --> 00:01:06,857 in a day and start reproducing arround 17 days old then 28 00:01:06,857 --> 00:01:09,657 their eggs can make it to hatching 29 00:01:09,657 --> 00:01:12,947 stage in as few as 15 days which means 30 00:01:12,947 --> 00:01:15,657 these fish are making it from one generation to the next 31 00:01:15,657 --> 00:01:17,907 in about a month 32 00:01:17,907 --> 00:01:20,577 so , what happens to the eggs when the water dries up 33 00:01:20,577 --> 00:01:22,547 and they haven't hatched yet 34 00:01:22,547 --> 00:01:26,597 not to worry the dormant embroys of the African annual fish can survive in 35 00:01:26,597 --> 00:01:28,537 in dried mud for month 36 00:01:28,537 --> 00:01:32,437 but hey you can't bame them cuz when life's short you got 37 00:01:32,437 --> 00:01:35,837 to play hard so what would would you guys do if you had 38 00:01:35,837 --> 00:01:37,487 the lifespan of annual fish 39 00:01:37,487 --> 00:01:38,600 I'd probably 40 00:01:42,558 --> 00:01:43,868 I don't know all right well 41 00:01:43,868 --> 00:01:45,628 I'll see you harry mammals tomorrow 42 00:01:45,628 --> 00:01:48,655 I don't forget to check out the other episodes here and here 43 00:01:48,655 --> 00:01:52,655 subscibe to the show and I will see you tommorow. 44 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999