• Question: why are they called flying fish THEY DONT FLY

    Asked by powerpork to Antonia, Douglas, Hugh, Matt, Tom on 18 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
    • Photo: Antonia Hamilton

      Antonia Hamilton answered on 18 Jun 2010:

      they look like they fly so the sailors who saw them called them flying fish.

    • Photo: Matthew Hurley

      Matthew Hurley answered on 18 Jun 2010:

      Yeah I know – those animal naming people are really stupid!

    • Photo: Hugh Roderick

      Hugh Roderick answered on 18 Jun 2010:

      Flying fish do jump out of the water and use their large fins to glide for many metres before diving back into the water, which is why they were called flying fish.

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