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tags: Billfish, sailfish, Xiphiodei, fish, National Geographic magazine
In the Whirl.
Adorned for the hunt, with fin raised and changeable colors
flashing, a sailfish in the Gulf of Mexico circles a ball of
sardines, preparing to strike.
Image: Paul Nicklen/National Geographic magazine [larger…
GrrlScientist is having a sailfish appreciation day over at Living the Scientific Life. She's posting hot links to the online story at National Geographic about their cooperative fish herding techniques. Its really amazing.
I trolled a "maori-style" sailfish image that could make a nice tattoo. It…
(via National Geographic)
(Also on FtB)
(via National Geographic)
(Also on FtB)
Beautiful animal. Too bad it is racing toward extinction.
It looks as if the sail is an aid to keeping prey fish bunched up.
Are they racing towards extinction?
And it eats sardines too! Yum.
Extraordinary creatures both the sardines and the sailfish. The gallery shows a photo of an excited sailfish that has flashed itself silver, perhaps in anticipation of a tasty sardine snack?
I know and love this pic.
Did you know that billfish have modified ocular muscles that have lost the ability to contract and function instead as retina-heaters?
When I see one of these gorgeous beasts on the wall of a bait and tackle shop it makes me want to cry.
Sniny!
One of the highlights of my honeymoon (I won't bore you with some of the others highlights!) was seeing a pair of sailfish when we scuba diving. We were down at about 20 metres and suddenly noticed 2 sailfish up ahead of us. They were only a few body lengths beneath the surface so we could see all their markings (no blue flashes). We just hung in the water and watched them for a minute or so before they disappeared into the distance.
Beautiful creatures.
so. freaking. amazing.
I love fish...