Under the canopies of dense mangrove forests, swarms of creatures thrive. Some are rare and some unique. Many—ranging from mollusks and crustaceans to fish, waterfowl and even tigers—are featured in Mangrove Comics, a series created by China Mangrove Conservation Network (CMCN), an environmental organization based in Xiamen, Fujian Province. A mudskipper, an amazing fish that can jump, climb trees and dig burrows in mud, is the main character of one of the comics. Unlike most fish, mudskippers can live out of water for long periods in the intertidal zone. They move around with their leg-like fins, which can also form a sucker-like structure that allows them to stay on trees. Most mudskippers feed on small animals such as crustaceans, insects and worms, and some eat algae.
“The series has been published on our account on [the social media app] Weixin and in for three years,” Liu Yi, Executive Director of the CMCN, told , adding that it has now also been published as a book. The series introduces, in an amusing way, animals found in mangrove forests and coastal wetlands in addition to facts about mangroves, to raise public awareness of the richness
