Lesley Bretherton, Mud Skippers (ANIMAL 2025)

Midair shots capture mudskippers leaping from the low tide mud flats, its body arched and fins extended outward. Droplets of water trail behind it, frozen in motion. The fish’s gill covers flare outward as it propels itself forward.

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