Question: can flying fish actuly fly

LauraAnne Furlong answered on 9 Nov 2016:

Interestingly – they don’t fly as we know, but rather the muscles on their ‘wings’ stay rigid throughout flight and so they glide through the air instead. As they’re coming up through the water through the surface, their tail starts flapping – making it taxi and build up speed. When they jump out of the water everything becomes rigid so they can glide through the air at heights of about 4 foot, and for quite long distances. as they approach the water on the way down again, the taxi-ing starts again to get ready for landing back in the water, and getting ready to glide again.