Many animals would gladly have traded its own tail wings.Why are there animals!We humans have for centuries sought in the sky, so we have gliders, planes and other aircraft.But wings, alas, has not grown.But who would have thought that advanced humanity will pass handily fish?Flying silver inhabitant of the deep sea has always produced a lasting impression on homo sapiens.It became the prototype of the toy flying fish, which in a few months has become a wildly popular entertainment for children and adults.Flying fish (air swimmers) - what is it really?
Fins-wing
Here it is - a winged muse out of the water, inspired inventors to build aircraft.Fish flying over the waves like a bird, in Latin called Exocoetidae (and in Russian - Diptera, or flying fish) and belongs to the order sarganoobraznyh, which has as many as 52 species.
Appearance, in particular a vehicle representative of the underwater depths, striking.This unusual fish from head to tail has a length of 15-25 centimeters, the largest individuals sometimes reach half a meter.Her elongated body has a broad, well-developed, strong and fairly rigid pectoral fins, which are very similar to the sweeping wings.Some individuals each centrifugal fin forked - these fish are called chetyrёhkrylymi.
fish, flying over the sea, has a giant air bubble, can accommodate up to 44 cubic centimeters of air!It is on par with wings helps sea inhabitant fly and soar.
Dikovinka of subtropical
fish floating on the water surface as birds, lives exclusively in the tropics and subtropics.This species does not tolerate temperatures below 20 habitat oC.Their place of residence - Pacific and Atlantic oceans, as well as the Red Sea and the Mediterranean.The largest cluster of flying beauties observed in the Caribbean Sea, near Barbadossa.
Flying fish (photo which can often be found in glossy travel magazines) leads to the indescribable delight both travelers and indigenous people, who every once in awe at the sight of soaring freeze representatives of this family of fish.
Features diet
winged fish, flying over the sea in solitude - a rare phenomenon: this kind is always kept in flocks, sometimes grouped in large schools.They are often surrounded by a dense ring of passing ships.These peaceful flyers absolutely not aggressive - rather, they are food for predators.The diet consists of flying fish plankton, small crustaceans, benthic organisms and shellfish.
For whom is delicacy flying fish?The shark, large squid, birds and people - everyone loves delicious meat tender winged wonders.A caviar, called "tobiko" is widely used in cooking Chinese and Japanese cuisine.Flying fish is a valuable promyslovyi product, but their number is in the oceans is not in danger because of excellent fertility.Each individual can lay up to 24 million eggs.
Water as runway
Flying Fish hovering over the water is not for pleasure and escape the imminent danger of predators.How does this happen?Under the water near the flying fish fins, wings held tightly to the body.Before take-off it many times faster movement of the tail (up to 70 times per second!), Accelerating to a speed of 55-60 kilometers per hour.Then the fish fly up to a height of 1.5-5 meters squared pectoral fins.Flight range is small and can vary from 1.5 to 5 meters!Interestingly, in the air, sea Flyers are not able to control the flight, in connection with what is often bump into or fall on the ships deck fish rain.
flight duration can be up to 45 seconds, but this is rare.The average flight flying fish lasts 10 seconds.
Fish flies not only to avoid marine predators, but also to light.This fishermen used its weakness: it is enough to shine at night on the boat lantern and a lover of light itself jumps into a trap.Back in the sea flyers will not be able to come back, because there is no tail to disperse water.
Procreation
Although hunters catch fish abound, the population is not in danger.As we mentioned, each female can lay up to 24 thousand eggs per spawn.They are painted in bright orange, the diameter of each varies in the range 0.5-0.8 mm.Where spawn flying fish?Photos taken by many people, show that this fish is not particularly picky when choosing a "house" for future offspring.Caviar is attached to everything that literally gets under the fin - to debris, algae, feathers of birds, branches and even the Coconuts listed in the sea from the land.
flying fish fry eat plankton, which meets at the sea surface.Kids look different from adults winged animals - their bright colors and motley.
