A tropical fish that lives in mangrove swamps across the Americas can survive out of water for months at a time, similar to how animals adapted to land millions of years ago, a new study shows.
Very interesting, but short on metaphors. 
This is news??
Yer man…er, fish:
So cute!!
This story reminds me of bettas, who can live out of water for a few minutes at least.
does rather lack the British touche dunnit ol’ boy…more’s the pitty 
Girly-man! Girly-man! (c’mon, Nano. We’re timing you)
djm
Why me? And try to learn the difference. I’m metrosexual.
You should move to Metronatural Seattle.
Why do I have a vague feeling that this thread is going to take an ugly turn?
Yes. There’s something fishy about it.
ah…ha!!! I’ve got a friend what’s one of them!
We took him hiking one year. ‘e had the nerve to go into the boss’s office, when we got back, an’ whine about the nightmares he was having from the trip. It was just a bit of bushwackin’ across a water shed, up over some cliffs and down an avalanche run. I think we only had to rope the packs twice.
One whiner and you paint the lot with a broad brush. Shame on you.
Now exuse me. I’m late for my exfoliation.
OK, it’s actually kind of attractive.
Excuse me! Can we take a moment for gender-equality here? Is there some reason you chose to use that “man” thing? Or, was it just an unthinking impulsive blurting out of misogynistic underpinnings?
This fish is hermaphroditic, the fact being entirely clear to any reasonable person upon reading the article. Yet, still you insist upon gender-bashing of the worst and most insidious sort.
I feel diminished as a result of this. That’s right . . . diminished.
I could always tell you to go and do what that fish can do.
quite right my humblest apologies
Accepted.
A hiking/camping trip wouldn’t give me nightmares. I would probably complain about there being no espresso or Brie or something, though. But NOT to my boss.
ugly turn…yeah…whale of a story…talk about lost 
Ewe and your women’s lib talk!
Oh, wow! Does this mean we get to branch out into “short people” jokes? 