Late NEWS! Did YOU Know? Flying fish from JAPAN a new reccord...gliding over the ocean
Did YOU Know? Fast flying fish glides by ferry
Courtesy of BBC
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The
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Some remarkable footage of a flying fish has been
captured by a TV crew filming off the southern tip of
Japan. It is claimed to be one of the longest
recorded flights of this acrobatic animal.
The fish was completely airborne for 45 seconds. This
beats one previous, impressive report from an
American researcher in the 1920s of 42 seconds. The
animal is seen travelling parallel to a ferry, which
itself is motoring at about 30km/hour (20mph).
The fish was able to continue flying by occasionally
beating the surface of the water with its tail fin.
The footage was shot by an NHK crew as it travelled
to Yakushima Island.
According to Junji Yonezawa, at the Center for
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on Outlying
Islands, the animal's flight-time of 45 seconds must
be close to its physical limit, as brachial
respiration is impossible while moving through the
air.
There are some 40 species of "flying fish" in the
family known as Exocoetidae. The animals are found
worldwide in warmer waters. Their flight ability
comes from a glide rather than a powered
flapping.