tangledline
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bowfin can survive out of the water for short periods as they have adapted their swim bladders to breath air directly to exchange oxygen and co2 but must still have water passed over their gills within a short period to exchange and rid themselves of harmful chemicals...see article....thus for better survival rates its best to get them back in the water asap.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8454592.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8454592.stm