Archerfish Actively Control the Hydrodynamics of Their Jets
Thursday, September 18, 2014 at 12:31AM
El Guapo in Species, fish in the news

Archer fish are the sharpshooters of the animal world, capable of hitting prey from metres away with pinpoint accuracy. The fish, Toxotes jaculatrix, which live in mangroves in southern and southeast Asia, achieve this by compressing their gill covers, and forcing water through a 'gun barrel' made by their tongue and the roof of their mouth.

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