Did you know that catfish have lungs, which allow them to breathe and thus survive even in the worst conditions? Rhulani's ranger Alasdair shows us an unusual sighting today at the almost completely dried-up dam, where mountains of catfish are piled up in the mud and some of them, with a bit of luck, may still survive the dry winter.
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