3 Things Fish Shouldn't Be Able to Do
When you think of animals with awesome abilities, fish usually aren't the first thing that come to mind, but there are a few species that have taken their adaptations to the extreme! Hosted...
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[ INTRO ] When you look at a goldfish in a bowl, it’s hard to imagine there’s much going on behind those googly eyes. But biologists have found lots of amazing things about fish, like how their swim bladders let them control buoyancy. Some fish even take their adaptations to the extreme—almost like they have superpowers. Take the archerfish, which gets its name from the stealthy way it hunts. It knocks down insects by spitting out a powerful jet of water, and then its gobbles its prey up. First, archerfish collect water in their mouths by making tubes with their tongues. And then they force it out by squeezing their gill covers closed. Their aim is so precise that they’ve been seen shooting down insects flying at 25 centimeters per second, and 2 m...
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[ INTRO ] When you look at a goldfish in a bowl, it’s hard to imagine there’s much going on behind those googly eyes. But biologists have found lots of amazing things about fish, like how their swim bladders let them control buoyancy. Some fish even take their adaptations to the extreme—almost like they have superpowers. Take the archerfish, which gets its name from the stealthy way it hunts. It knocks down insects by spitting out a powerful jet of water, and then its gobbles its prey up. First, archerfish collect water in their mouths by making tubes with their tongues. And then they force it out by squeezing their gill covers closed. Their aim is so precise that they’ve been seen shooting down insects flying at 25 centimeters per second, and 2 m...
