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 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...