Fish can eat flying birds, now, apparently

Fish can eat flying birds, now, apparently

By Mike Bertha

Source: inquirer

1/10/2014

Up is down. Down is up. Finkle is Einhorn. Einhorn is Finkle. Your foundation will probably shake to its core when you watch this video of a freshwater fish jumping out of the water to devour a flying bird. For decades, rumors have suggested that there were freshwater fish who could prey on birds in flight. But, this video of an African tigerfish snatching a bird out of the air is the first confirmation of those rumors.

"The whole action of jumping and catching the swallow in flight happens so incredibly quickly that after we first saw it, it took all of us a while to really fully comprehend what we had just seen," says Nico Smit, director of the Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management at North-West University in Potchefstroom, South Africa.

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4801	Massive operation nets fleet of illegal fishers	the age	2006-04-06	AU
4802	Gender-changing fish are studied	United Press International	2006-04-11	US
4803	Scientists Try to Count Fish in Sea	Washington Post	2006-04-10	US
4804	30 New Fish Species Discovered On Borneo; 'The More We Look the More We Find'	Underwatertimes	2006-12-19	SW
4805	Climate Change has Surprising Effect on Endangered Naked Carp; 'Metabolic Holiday'	Underwatertimes	2006-12-19	US
4806	Snakeheads Appear at Home in the Potomac	washington post	2006-10-02	US
4807	Farming endangered blue-fin tuna	bbc news	2006-12-27	JP
4808	World First as Endangered Fish Population Recovers; Shortnose Sturgeon Numbers Up 400%	Underwatertimes	2007-02-06	US
4809	Chips plan to keep an eye on fish	bbc news	2006-10-16	CA
4810	Scientists: First Documented Spawning of White Fish in the Detroit River Since 1900s	underwatertimes	2006-10-17	US
4811	Study: Critical Nutrients in Ecosystems Change when Fish Become Extinct	underwatertimes	2007-03-27	CA
4812	'No debate' that fish farms kill wild salmon, says B.C. scientist	CBC News	2006-10-20	CA
4813	A Swarm of Biologically-inspired Little Underwater Explorers	harvard	2021-01-15	US
4814	Scientists discover electric eels hunting in a group	Smithsonian	2021-01-14	BZ
4815	Robot fish equipped with tiny cameras could change ocean rescues	ctvnews	2021-01-13	CA
4816	The B.C. fish you've likely never heard of that's confounding trawlers and officials	CBC News	2021-01-03	US
4817	Thai Fishermen Break Ranks, Vow to Resume Hunt of Endangered Mekong Catfish; 'We Need to Make A Living'	underwatertimes	2006-03-04	TH
4818	Despite rescue effort, Maine salmon may be facing extinction	underwatertimes	2006-01-31	CA
4819	One fish, two fish: New sensor improves fish counts	underwatertimes	2006-02-02	US
4820	Scientists: Evolutionary Origin of Fins, Limbs Discovered; 'This Confirms a Lovely Idea'	underwatertimes	2006-07-26	US
4821	Study: Great Lakes' Salmon Failing To Thrive Because of 'Junk Food' Diet	Underwatertimes	2006-05-21	US
4822	Warming Swiss rivers threaten fish stocks	swissinfo	2020-12-31	CH
4823	European chub named Fish of the Year	swissinfo	2021-01-02	CH
4824	First as Brit Pair's Carp Conquers Japanese Koi Show; 'Our Fish is Superb'	Underwatertimes	2006-02-04	UK
4825	Researcher: 'Two-Mouthed' Trout Caused by Injury, Not Genetics	underwatertimes	2006-02-08	US

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