Flying fish, strange as it sounds, have aerodynamic prowess comparable to hawks. The fish aren’t true fliers, but they do glide for hundreds of meters using their large pectoral and Keep reading
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A couple more links on flying fish
Wired Science and 80 beats on Discover have a few more summaries on the recent flying fish paper and its findings.
Flying Fish Aerodynamics
New research using wind tunnel measurements of (dead) flying fish is giving new insight into how these fish are able to fly over the waves. Lift and drag data indicates Keep reading