These fish do not flap their pectoral fins; they leap into the air & glide
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Flying and gliding animals - Wikipedia  A number of animals have evolved aerial locomotion, either by powered flight or by gliding. ... Animal aerial locomotion can be divided into two categoriespowered and .... A bird or bat flying through the air at a constant speed moves its wings up .... While it does this, the fish flaps its large pectoral fins, giving it its common...
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Flying Fish | Serendip Studio - Bryn Mawr College  Dec 13, 2006 ... They seemed so wrong in the world  fish, that live and breathe and ... These pectoral fins allow the flying fish to fly, or more literally, glide. ... In order leave the water, flying fish swim quickly upwards to the surface of the water and leap into the air. ... Unlike birds, though, flying fish do not flap their wings/fins.
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Gliding and Parachuting  Gliders, then, do not produce thrust; they do not flap their wings. Indeed ... which hangs upside down in trees, leaping into the air to glide in search of fruit to eat.
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7 "Flying" Animals (besides bugs, birds, and bats) | Mental Floss  Jul 9, 2009 ... These muscular fish can leap several feet out of the water, but no one is quite ... The flying lemur is not a lemur, but the four species of Cynocephalidae are the ... as they leap from the water with a push of their powerful pectoral fins. ... There are more animals that can glide, float, or jump through the air with...
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Flying Fish, Flying Fish Pictures, Flying Fish Facts - National ...  Flying fish can be seen jumping out of warm ocean waters worldwide. ... Flying fish are thought to have evolved this remarkable gliding ability to escape predators, of which they have many. ... Beyond their useful pectoral fins, all have unevenly forked tails, with the ... There is currently no protection status on these animals.
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Nurse Shark - Answers in Genesis  Aug 2, 2012 ... Unlike most sharks, the nurse shark does not have to constantly move water across its gills to breathe. The nurse shark can remain motionless...
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Jeopary Questions page 677 - JUST SAY "NO" - TriviaBistro.com  BIOLOGY TEST: Gills are not a feature on: (A) manatees (B) sharks (C) mushrooms (D) sand dollars  "SUB" STANDARD: In 2000 the Yankees & the Mets...
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FISH, a quick course on the biology of fishes (Ichthyology)  Fish are the dominant free swimming animals of the seas. ... Fish of the class agnatha ("no jaw") are the most "primitive" of the fishes; they lack a jaw and a ... These fish have a cartilaginous skeleton, but their ancestors were bony animals. ..... Fish do not have external ears, but sound vibrations readily transmit from the water...
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Named for the Welsh for white head, this bird can swim, but not fly ...  Jun 25, 2016 ... Named for the Welsh for white head, this bird can swim, but not fly # Quiz # Question. video. 0:28 0 likes, 0 dislikes. No views. Amazing Videos.
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Ask me a trivia question - Discussion on Topix  Mar 1, 2010 ... This fish swims upright & uses its prehensile tail to anchor itself to coral or algae. Reply . Report Abuse Judge it! Alex Trebek. Springfield, MO.
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BBC - Earth - The strange flying animals you've never heard of  Feb 18, 2015 ... These sea-dwellers have long wing-like fins, which allow them to coast through ... They aren't much older than bats, having evolved perhaps 65 million ... Wushaichthys, an extinct species of flying fish (Credit: Guang-Hui Xu / Biology Letters). "Over-water gliding adaptations were gradual in nature," says Xu.
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How Walking Fish Made the Leap From Ocean to Land  National ...  Dec 4, 2013 ... The Pacific leaping blenny (Alticus arnoldorum) is a fish out of water. ... models and recorded how often the blennies had been attacked by lizards, birds, ... of these pioneering life-forms, scientists can't watch these animals in action. ... Although Ord still isn't sure exactly when the blennies began their move...
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Puffers - Boxfish - Porcupinefish, Families: Triodontidae ...  The Puffers, Boxfish, and Porcupinefish are usually very interesting fish to observe ... All of these fish, excluding the single species family, Triodontidae, are found in ... They have the ability to puff themselves up with water or air if threatened. ... like the Porcupine Puffer, the spines are controlled by the fish and become erect...
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Identifying Fish Fins - The Diving Blog  The fish uses this fin for balance in the water and sudden movements. Caudal fins ... Anal fins are on the ventral (bottom) surface of the fish, behind the anus. ... Pectoral fins are located on each side of the fish, around where the head meets the body. ... These help the fish go up and down as well as turn sharply in the water.
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jeopardy/1441_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  "FLYING" | The fins of the 50-ish true species of these are used like wings as they glide above water | flying fish. right: Jen :). Wrong: Value: $800. Number: 12.
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How Lizards Defy Gravity | Pitara Kids Network  They are the only lizard species that make any sound, other than hissing  in fact they ... Scientist have often analysed the feet of geckos in order to understand the ... really enables geckos to scuttle across ceilings and walls without losing their grip. ... By filming geckos, running up walls, the scientists discovered that geckos...
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Swim bladder  In the embryonic stages some species have lost the swim bladder ... lobe-finned fish do not have swim bladders. ... others store fats or oils for the purpose. ... duct, allowing the fish to fill up the swim bladder by "gulping" air and filling the swim ... has to introduce gas (usually oxygen) to the bladder to increase its volume and...
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Book of Riddles  Since, after shooting 1/4 of the birds, the rest will fly off, the answer should be either ... Runs smoother than any rhyme, loves to fall but cannot climb! -- Water. ... Lighter than what I am made of, More of me is hidden Than is seen. ... The part of the bird that is not in the sky, which can swim in the ocean and always stay dry.
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Daily Bucket: Florida's Invaders--Walking Catfish - Daily Kos  Mar 2, 2015 ... By gulping air into a specially-modified pouch in their gill arches, they are ... In response, tropical fish breeders in Florida established small breeding ... with introduced Walking Catfish invasions, the state of Florida decided to ban ... invaders would make quick meals out of Florida's many native fish, but for...
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Puffer Fish - info and games - Sheppard Software  They are named for their ability to inflate themselves to several times their normal size ... In these respects they are somewhat similar to the terrestrial Chameleon. Pufferfish are also one of few kinds of fish that can blink or close their eyes. ... We are family: There are 185 known species of the family Tetraodontidae, of which...
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Incredible Journey - National Geographic Society  Oct 29, 2010 ... ... 30-ton animal must swim upwards at about 29 kilometers per hour. ... Humpback whales are known for more than just their wandering ways. ... pectoral fins protruding like oversized wings, the humpback whale is not designed for speed. ... Humpbacks arguably make the longest documented migration of...