An archer fish jumping out of the water

In addition to shooting down prey with a well aimed jet of water, archer fish also jump to capture prey and now a detailed analysis of the fish's launch strategy reveals that they depend on their fins as well as their tails to become airborne and that a jump consumes similar amounts of energy to a dash to catch a victim that was downed by a jet of water.

The original research paper can be accessed at http://jeb.biologists.org/content/220....

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