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title: "Interesting facts about flying fish"  
description: "A short explanation of the flying fish and it's amazing facts"  
author: "Anjita D."  
published: 2023-10-04  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/2761/interesting-facts-about-flying-fish  
category: "animals"  
tags: ["flying fish", "facts", "general knowledge"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Interesting facts about flying fish

![Interesting facts about flying fish](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/9ec846b9-a46e-400f-afe0-f159619ae6fb/images/3ef704c8-83e9-4e80-b0ab-1f0817a9b33b.jpeg) ![Interesting facts about flying fish](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/9ec846b9-a46e-400f-afe0-f159619ae6fb/images/d402ddbb-a448-4441-8a53-22d15e6761ba.jpeg) Flying fish are incredible creatures that can travel up to 650 feet in the air and glide for up to 45 seconds. ![Interesting facts about flying fish](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/9ec846b9-a46e-400f-afe0-f159619ae6fb/images/40b6c540-2a5b-4fbb-be59-2c84e99ad9bd.jpeg) They can be found in tropical and subtropical oceans all over the world. ![Interesting facts about flying fish](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/9ec846b9-a46e-400f-afe0-f159619ae6fb/images/9388d90a-ea4c-46af-9ef0-cffe3590c49f.jpeg) The term "flying fish" refers to how they frequently leap from the water and glide through the air. ![Interesting facts about flying fish](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/9ec846b9-a46e-400f-afe0-f159619ae6fb/images/79de20b0-9803-40b0-b95c-d08517dc78aa.jpeg) They have been seen flying as high as 1,312 feet in a single flight. This is four football fields long. ![Interesting facts about flying fish](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/9ec846b9-a46e-400f-afe0-f159619ae6fb/images/6f5aeb6a-0f86-4d32-b9ca-fe8a59c891cd.jpeg) For millions of years, flying fish have existed. Over 50 million year old flying fish fossils have been discovered.

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