Flying Fish Facts: the FISH that FLIES | Animal Fact Files

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Flying fish can take to the skies to avoid predators from the water. While they don't fly like a bird, they can manage to glide for longer than half a minute through the air! Learn more flying fish facts on today's episode of Animal Fact Files!

Scientific Name: Family - Exocoetidae
Range: warm oceans worldwide
Habitat: surface waters of the open ocean and coastal areas (epipelagic)
Size: average 10 inches (25cm) in length; up to 18 inches (45cm) long
Diet: zooplankton, smaller fish, crustaceans
Threats: tuna, dolphinfish, gulls, frigatebirds, etc.
Lifespan: 5 years

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Flying Fish LIKE A BIRD 0:00
Flying Fish APPEARANCE 0:20
Flying Fish RANGE and HABITAT 1:12
Flying Fish DIET and THREATS 1:39
Flying Fish FLYING 2:04
Flying Fish LIFE CYCLE 2:47
Thanks / Outro 3:21
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Have you ever seen a flying fish in real life? It would be so cool to see them leaping from the waves!

AnimalFactFiles

Excellent choice guys! I did not know that Flying Fish were that beautiful. When we went on a cruise from Tampa to The Cayman Islands & Mexico, there were so many Flying Fish to see. They were like little dolphins jumping in and out of the water right beside the ship. It was def a spectacular thing to see! Thank u to both of you for this excellent episode!

tracybowling

"Unfortunately for these flying fish, they took to the skies to escape predators from the water only to land in the beaks of predators in the air."
Ah yes, the basic tenet of subsistence being the revolving door of measures and countermeasures.

erstwhilegrubstake

When I was on my honeymoon in Mexico we went swimming with whale sharks and mantas. We saw hundreds of flying fish on the boat ride out flying out of the water as our boat passed.

BiggerDaruto

Flying fish are definitely one of my favorite kinds of fish. Those tiny specked ones look like moths.

kaylathehedgehog

commander shepard took me by surprise lmao

LucklessLex

Very strange strategy, I assume that if there are no birds nearby their strategy works nicely. If they make enough of a scene though and birds are attracted then their strategy sort of falls apart. That said a bird will likely eat alot less fish than a larger ocean predator so hopefully their belly's will fill before they eat the specific fish.

carto

Wow! I learned so much about flying fish! I had no idea they used their tail to also help them out of the water! I also was super intrigued by the other videos you talked about briefly, so I got a list of videos to watch now! Thanks for the video!

FriendlyKat

2:49 They're so beautiful, they look like aquatic Monarch Butterflies or some kind of pretty bird with it's wings outspread.

beautyforashes

There also exist flying squid which behave much like flying fish, only they propel themselves out of the water with their siphons, basically like tiny winged water rockets.

Maybe inspiration for a future video?

Danarogon