A fish that lives on land

Who knew there was a fish that lives on land? Not just a walking catfish that can tolerate being out of the water, this is a fish that actually prefers to be out of the water.

It's the Pacific leaping blenny, and it's unusual lifestyle is described in a new study. These interesting fish engage in complex behaviors on dry (actually moist) land, and they can leap about from place to place with a tail-flicking motion, clinging to almost any firm surface with their modified fins.

Click the video below and watch them leap!

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Flying fish video, incredible

Close-up and slow motion video showing how flying fish fly. Fascinating, incredible. Watching flying fish has to be on my top ten list of fun ocean things to do. Here's the best video I've ever seen showing how they do it.

Flying fish can fly several hundred meters, and for up to a minute, with only their tail touching now and then to regenerate the speed necessary to stay in the air.

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Sniper fish uses water gun to hunt insects

Here's an amazing video of archer fish hunting insects. The fish shoot a jet of water at insects up to 2 meters away. The water stream is used to knock the insects off plants and into the water, where they're quickly consumed by the archer fish.

The video includes some showy but gratuitous special effects and a vignette near the end where a bemused human smoker gets his cigaretted doused by an anti-smoking archer fish.

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