Today i saw the strangest thing ive ever seen. Atleast strangest thing ive ever seen in my room... cuz some of those things they show on that documentary planet earth are just weird! Anyway... i was emptying my tank and sump to move to a friends house who is buying it from me. I was pumping out the water from the last compartment of my sump when i saw a cricket that was totally soggy from being underwater for ages. I figured my old arowana just missed it and it got sucked in the overflow and died a horrible death. I was using a small powerhead to suck all the water out of the compartment so it started sucking the cricket towards it, suddenly i notice the cricket start to swim/walk along the bottom. I was astounded, i mean the last time i fed crickets was about 4 months ago which means this guy survived all this time under water!
I had seen them walk down my bogwood before and walk underwater but i figured that was just an escape method and they had to return to the surface. So i was wondering, maybe because a lot of bugs like crickets breath through their skin, they can survive underwater if there is a lot of oxygen in the water. what do u all think?
I had seen them walk down my bogwood before and walk underwater but i figured that was just an escape method and they had to return to the surface. So i was wondering, maybe because a lot of bugs like crickets breath through their skin, they can survive underwater if there is a lot of oxygen in the water. what do u all think?
