Scientists Find Blind Fish Capable Of Walking

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Fish have certainly mastered the ability to swim, but one recently found in Thailand has proven rather adept at walking as well.

Fish have certainly mastered the ability to swim, but one recently found in Thailand has proven rather adept at walking as well. 
Researchers hailing from New Jersey Institute of Technology and Maejo University found the amazing creature inside a cave and were stunned to see it climbing up a rock face. 
The blind fish, named Cryptotora thamicola, was doing so with a gait not unlike land-based tetrapods such as cows and horses. 
Living specimens being scarce, the team turned to preserved samples for furth