Taken from a yacht in the Timor Sea, it shows how the fish break free of the water by angling upwards and accelerating to about 60km/h. Their wing-like pectoral fins enable them to glide for up to 200m out of water.
Unlike almost all other fish, their unevenly forked tail's bottom lobe is far longer than the top. They stay airborne by flapping their tails up to 70 times a second as the lower lobe touches the water.
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I wonder if they evolved flight to avoid predators or to have an alta vista and find tastier things to eat.
it's beautiful!
If you look at how they use their flightcapabilities, it seems they evolved flight to avoid predators- It has not been observed yet that they hunt in flight. But they do flee in flight when barracuda's and other predators are near.
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