Video: Tilapia decides to go out to find a way home

The perch tried his best to crawl through the gravel ground, then struggled through the grass to reach the pond on the other side.

The video that recorded the process of the perch in China was shared on the Facebook page of People's Daily Online on September 7, attracting 109,000 views. In the video, the fish crawls nonstop on the ground to determination to return to the pond and finally succeeds.

Perch can live for several weeks on land thanks to a specially designed respiratory organ.

According to scientists, perch can move on the ground, climb trees, choke big birds and fish when swallowed. This fish survives for many days, even weeks on land, thanks to a specially designed respiratory organ.

When the temperature is too high, they dig holes in the mud to survive. Whether it is freshwater or perch can also survive in saltwater.