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Re: Longest recorded flying fish flight



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