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Fast flying fish glides by ferry

───   12:02 Mon, 07 Apr 2014

Japan - Some remarkable footage of a flying fish has been captured by a TV crew filming off the southern tip of Japan. It is claimed to be one of the longest recorded flights of this acrobatic animal. The fish was completely airborne for 45 seconds.
 
This beats one previous report from an American researcher in the 1920s of 42 seconds. The fish was able to continue flying by occasionally beating the surface of the water with its tail fin.
 
There are some 40 species of "flying fish". The animals are found worldwide in warmer waters. Their flight ability comes from a glide rather than a powered flapping.
 
BBC News 

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