Photo via Wikipedia The coastal waters off southwest Africa is going through troubling times, becoming effectively a dead zone with fish populations collapsing, jellyfish populations booming, and oxygen levels dropping. But one tiny fish, the bearded goby, seems to be perfectly adapted to these otherwise dead-end conditions, and is helping hold together and entire ecosystem by acting as an integral link in the food chain. As anchovies and sardine populations are wiped o… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Mud-Eating Miracle Fish Holds Together Ecosystem in Southwest Africa
