Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's a squid (or a suspect to the LAPD...)
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's a squid
A species of oceanic squid can fly more than 30 metres through the air at speeds faster than Usain Bolt if it wants to escape predators, Japanese researchers said.
The Neon Flying Squid propels itself out of the ocean by shooting a jet of water at high pressure, before opening its fins to glide at up to 11.2 metres per second, Jun Yamamoto of Hokkaido University said.
Olympic Gold medallist Bolt averaged 10.31 metres a second when he won at the London Games last year.
"There were always witnesses and rumours that said squid were seen flying, but no one had clarified how they actually do it. We have proved that it really is true," Yamamoto told AFP.
Researchers say is the first time anyone has ever described the mechanism the flying mollusc employs.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10864662
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From Wikipedia:
In May 2008, a Japanese television crew (NHK) filmed a flying fish (dubbed "Icarfish"
off the coast of Yakushima Island, Japan. The creature spent 45 seconds in flight.[11] The previous record was 42 seconds.[11]
Flying fish can use updrafts at the leading edge of waves to cover distances of at least 400 m (1,300 ft).[8] They can travel at speeds of more than 70 kilometres per hour (43 mph).[9] Maximum altitude is 6 m (20 ft) above the surface of the sea.[10] Some accounts have them landing on ships' decks.[9][12]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_fish
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100,000 years I can totally see that fish being full bird.
