Archerfish
Archerfish
This world is filled with amazing diverse animals, and they are all different in their own way. Some hunt using their speed and others use their strength, but one particular animal uses one of the most unique ways of hunting. The archerfish of the amazon basin in my opinion has the most crazy but smart way of killing prey, by shooting it with its water pistol.
The archerfish environment is one of the most dangerous and challenging to survive in since it lives in the amazon basin. It has been forced to live in very shallow water due to the mass amounts of predators in its surrounding area. Still this fish has found a way to obtain food in this environment ; it literally shoots its prey above itself with its water pistol. This fish forces its gills shut to shoot out water out of its barrel like mouth just like a water gun, and is accurate up to 2 meters. It will usually shoot anything that moves or glows. What also makes this so incredible is that this fish has to adjust to the optical illusion due to it being underneath the water, and also the gravity pulling its shot down, but yet the archerfish still hits its target. The archerfish is rather small with its size around 5 to 10 cm. It is all silver with black stripes down its side, this helps it blend in with its environment. Its nose is very pointy and its mouth is also pointy for its shooting ability . Its prey is usually insects and other prey such as grasshoppers, spiders , and butterflies. This fish also has good eyesight since it needs to see what its shooting.
The archerfish is a great marksmen and its amazing how its have evolved to obtain food. Its incredible how nature finds a way to survive, and if that mean shooting prey with a water pistol then thats what the archerfish will do to survive.
This world is filled with amazing diverse animals, and they are all different in their own way. Some hunt using their speed and others use their strength, but one particular animal uses one of the most unique ways of hunting. The archerfish of the amazon basin in my opinion has the most crazy but smart way of killing prey, by shooting it with its water pistol.
The archerfish environment is one of the most dangerous and challenging to survive in since it lives in the amazon basin. It has been forced to live in very shallow water due to the mass amounts of predators in its surrounding area. Still this fish has found a way to obtain food in this environment ; it literally shoots its prey above itself with its water pistol. This fish forces its gills shut to shoot out water out of its barrel like mouth just like a water gun, and is accurate up to 2 meters. It will usually shoot anything that moves or glows. What also makes this so incredible is that this fish has to adjust to the optical illusion due to it being underneath the water, and also the gravity pulling its shot down, but yet the archerfish still hits its target. The archerfish is rather small with its size around 5 to 10 cm. It is all silver with black stripes down its side, this helps it blend in with its environment. Its nose is very pointy and its mouth is also pointy for its shooting ability . Its prey is usually insects and other prey such as grasshoppers, spiders , and butterflies. This fish also has good eyesight since it needs to see what its shooting.
The archerfish is a great marksmen and its amazing how its have evolved to obtain food. Its incredible how nature finds a way to survive, and if that mean shooting prey with a water pistol then thats what the archerfish will do to survive.