BANDED ARCHERFISH : A SPECIES OF THE MANGROVE FORESTS : THE SPITTING SHARPSHOOTER

Since the Teen Climate Council at the Aquarium of the Pacific made me aware of this fish....

LOS ANGELES ZOO : BANDED ARCHERFISH PAGE

Excerpt: Archerfish are best known for their ability to precisely aim and shoot jets of water from their mouths to knock prey off of overhanging plants. Adults can fire as many as seven jets of water up to six feet in length in rapid succession! Developing this unique hunting technique takes time and practice. With no parental care, young fish must quickly master this skill to survive. As they practice, youngsters learn to calibrate the volume and force of water needed to knock down prey of varying sizes, even compensating for the refraction of light to accurately hit their targets.

Mangrove swamps of Australia, Polynesia, India, and Palau.

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Yes, the Los Angeles Zoo has an aquarium where this fish lives.

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RARE NAUTILOIDS FOUND (FOSSILS MIGHT BE EASIER!) IN PALAU

ROVPLANET : AMAZING NAUTILOIDS 

Excerpt:  During a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) dive in the German Channel in Palau, the Ocean Exploration Trust (OET) witnessed four Palau nautilus individuals (Nautilus belauensis). These are the first sightings of nautiloids — the most primitive cephalopods — from E/V Nautilus after 1000+ ROV dives over the last 15 years of operations. This marine mollusk found in the Indo-Pacific is rarely photographed- let alone caught on video -and 2024’s expeditions represent the first of OET’s adventures within the nautilus’s expected distribution range. This expedition (NA169) was funded by NOAA Ocean Exploration via the Ocean Exploration Cooperative Institute.

Rare!  

"Whenever you see a rare animal in the ocean, there is always a sense of awe. The nautilus isn't a new species, but there is still a certain magic to seeing it move in real-time across the ocean floor and respond to the ROV. And it has no idea that hundreds of humans are staring at it!" says Alice Chou, onboard Science Communication Fellow.