Why do flying fish fly?

Flying fish is mainly to escape the chase of big fish. Because many fierce fish, such as sharks, swordfish and tuna, often chase flying fish and swallow them. In order to save their lives, flying fish "practiced" a unique flying skill.

Flying fish have poor eyesight, so fishermen take advantage of it and throw bait. Because flying fish love seaweed, fishermen tie some seaweed on the inside of the net and scatter it into the sea. Ignorant flying fish can't see the flaw, and often mistake the net for a paradise rich in food, and eventually become a fisherman's catch. However, sometimes flying fish will play a little joke on fishermen: flying fish especially like the smell of sweat and blood, and sometimes they will take fishermen's hats and sweat towels and throw them into the water while gliding.

There is more than one kind of flying fish. A fish called leopard snapper, which lives in the Mediterranean, has horny bone plates and well-developed pectoral fins. It can fly 0.3 meters out of the water and 20 meters away. There is also a fish that lives in tropical waters of Africa, called flying flounder. When it leaves the water and its pectoral fins open, colorful patterns will flash out, which is very attractive.