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		<title>The Common Mudpuppy</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://critter.science/the-common-mudpuppy/" title="The Common Mudpuppy" rel="nofollow"><img width="300" height="130" src="https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/cm1a-300x130.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="common mudpuppy" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" srcset="https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/cm1a-300x130.jpg 300w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/cm1a-800x347.jpg 800w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/cm1a-scaled.jpg 900w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>This article was originally published on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://critter.science">Critter Science</a>.</p>
<p>The common mudpuppy is a species of salamander in the family Proteidae. They can be found in eastern Canada and eastern United States. Preferring lakes, rivers and ponds, these salamanders, like the axolotls, never complete metamorphosis and thus remain in the larval stage their entire lives. These critters face the [&#x2026;]</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://critter.science/the-african-lungfish/" title="The African Lungfish" rel="nofollow"><img width="300" height="144" src="https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/wal1-300x144.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="West African lungfish" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" srcset="https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/wal1-300x144.jpg 300w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/wal1-800x385.jpg 800w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/wal1-1536x739.jpg 1536w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/wal1-2048x986.jpg 2048w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/wal1-scaled.jpg 900w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>This article was originally published on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://critter.science">Critter Science</a>.</p>
<p>The lungfish can be found on 3 continents: Africa, Australia, and South America. But we will be focusing, primarily, on African lungfish. There have been many a speculation as to whether or not lungfish were the gap between aquatic and land animals. The debate rages on. These odd creatures prefer [&#x2026;]</p>
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