Re: Longest recorded flying fish flight

[Dora Smith <villandra@austin.rr.com>]

What sort of fish is that?   SOmeone asked on the news this morning, and the 
other anchor said it was a "flying fish".  That;s also all the article below 
says, though it does sound as if that's the actual name of the fish.   But 
what sort of fish is it, and how did it come to fly?   Even for short 
distances?   (That fish was quite vigorously flapping its fins to stay 
aloft, and ti was flysing level to the water, not gliding.)

As to what it means, I think it means that there is alot of diversity in the 
fish world.   Next we're going to hear that some are warm blooded.   My 
newest excursion into the animal world is a small aquarium, and tetras are 
almost as intelligent as budgies.   Even the minnows (danios) took five 
minutes to learn how to get fed.    Do you think maybe some fish are smarter 
than they're made out to be?

Yours,
Dora Smith
Austin, TX
tiggernut24@yahoo.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Raymond Ancog" <rayancog@pldtdsl.net>
To: <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 7:40 AM
Subject: Longest recorded flying fish flight


> There's a lot of articles on Google News about a video of a 45-second-long 
> flying fish flight video filmed off Japan. Any bearing on the development 
> of powered flight from gliding?
>
> http://www.wsav.com/midatlantic/sav/news.apx.-content-articles-SAV-2008-05-21-0008.html
>
>
> Raymond Thaddeus C. Ancog
> Mines and Geosciences Bureau
> Philippines