Lungfish

Fish that goes dormant in the mud.

"Do we have to eat it?"
"Yes Aishala, you have to eat it."
"But it tastes so bad."

A Summer to Rest

The lungfish buries itself in the mud during the dry season when the Great Mud Pits have too little water for them to survive. They make small pockets under the surface and cover themselves with mucus to prevent them from drying out. They leave small openings to the surface so that they can breathe. During this time - called estivation - their natural predator the divingbird cannot get them. However, it leaves them vulnerable to the Muck Drudgers.

A Time to Swim

During the rainy season when the pits fill with water and become great lakes, the lungfish leaves the safety of the ground. During this time, they find other lungfish so that the females may lay eggs and the males can fertilize them. The eggs are laid in the mud and covered with the same mucus as the fish when they rest. The eggs incubate longer than that of other fish and won't hatch until the next dry season and even then the little fish will remain under the mud until the rains come.

Bite a Bug, Maul a Mole

As they have an omnivorous diet, the lungfish eat insects and algae that flourish during the wet season. They are also known to eat the moles - which dig around searching for asparagus roots - when they happen to burrow into their estivation holes; they eat them whole.

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Hadvara
Gather these ingredients:
-3 lungfish (skinned and gutted)
-Several handfuls of asparagus
-Any seasonings
Instructions:
-Place the lungfish evenly across the bottom of a mud pot.
-Add the asparagus on top of the fish.
-If you have any seasonings, sprinkle them on top.
-Place the entire pot in a bed of hot coals and bury it with dirt.
-Dig it up in three to four atwarks.
-Serve hot.

Geographic Distribution

• Great Mud Pits