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Discover strange facts about fish: archerfish, electric eels, ocean sunfish, pufferfish, sailfish, seahorses, and the most diverse vertebrate group on the...

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Archerfish: The Fish That Shoots Water to Knock Down Insects
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Archerfish: The Fish That Shoots Water to Knock Down Insects

Archerfish shoot water jets with perfect accuracy to knock insects from overhanging leaves. Expert guide to these remarkable aquatic marksmen.

Nov 7, 2025 8 min read
Electric Eel: How It Generates 600 Volts Without Electroc...
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Electric Eel: How It Generates 600 Volts Without Electroc...

Electric eels deliver shocks strong enough to stop a horse. Expert guide to how they generate 600 volts, hunt with electricity, and survive their own weapons.

Nov 6, 2025 15 min read
Flying Fish: The Fish That Glide 200 Meters Through the Air
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Flying Fish: The Fish That Glide 200 Meters Through the Air

Flying fish glide up to 200 meters above ocean waves using winged fins. Expert guide to these remarkable fish and how they escape predators.

Nov 5, 2025 10 min read
Ocean Sunfish (Mola): The Heaviest Bony Fish on Earth
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Ocean Sunfish (Mola): The Heaviest Bony Fish on Earth

Ocean sunfish weigh over 2 tons with enormous jellyfish-eating diets. Expert guide to the mola, heaviest bony fish and one of the strangest-looking fish.

Nov 4, 2025 10 min read
Pufferfish: The Deadly Delicacy That Kills More Than It F...
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Pufferfish: The Deadly Delicacy That Kills More Than It F...

Pufferfish contain tetrodotoxin 1,200x more toxic than cyanide, yet chefs in Japan serve them as fugu. Expert guide to the most dangerous fish to eat.

Nov 3, 2025 10 min read
Remarkable Fish: The Most Extraordinary Species in the Sea
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Remarkable Fish: The Most Extraordinary Species in the Sea

Explore the most extraordinary fish species on Earth, from electric eels generating 860 volts to deep-sea anglerfish with bioluminescent lures. Expert-written guide covering clownfish, pufferfish, flying fish, ocean sunfish, archer fish, mudskippers, seahorses, and the global overfishing crisis thre

Nov 2, 2025 22 min read
Sailfish: The Fastest Fish in the Ocean at 110 km/h
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Sailfish: The Fastest Fish in the Ocean at 110 km/h

Sailfish can swim 110 km/h using their enormous sail-like dorsal fin. Expert guide to the fastest fish in the ocean and their cooperative hunting tactics.

Nov 1, 2025 8 min read
Seahorses: The Fish Where Males Give Birth
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Seahorses: The Fish Where Males Give Birth

Male seahorses carry and birth their young in specialized pouches. Expert guide to seahorse biology, why males are pregnant, and how they swim upright.

Oct 31, 2025 9 min read
Great White Shark
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Great White Shark

Everything about the great white shark: size, habitat, diet, hunting, senses, reproduction, conservation, and the strange facts that make Carcharodon carcharias the ocean's largest predatory fish.

Aug 12, 2025 16 min read
Clownfish
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Clownfish

Everything about the clownfish: size, habitat, anemone symbiosis, sequential sex change, reproduction, social hierarchy, lifespan, and the strange facts that make Amphiprion ocellaris the world's most recognisable reef fish.

Jun 16, 2025 15 min read
Electric Eel
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Electric Eel

Everything about the electric eel: taxonomy, habitat, diet, electric discharge, the 860-volt record, species split, anatomy, reproduction, and the strange facts that make Electrophorus the most electric animal on Earth.

Apr 18, 2025 14 min read
Atlantic Salmon
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Atlantic Salmon

Everything about the Atlantic salmon: size, habitat, anadromous life cycle, magnetic navigation, aquaculture, conservation, and the strange facts that make Salmo salar the world's most farmed fish and a wild species in steep decline.

Feb 17, 2025 14 min read