Скачать или смотреть The Insane Biology of: The Archerfish (Nature’s Water-Jet Sniper)

The Archerfish is a biological engineer that has mastered the laws of fluid dynamics and optics. In this episode, we deconstruct the morphology of its mouth—specifically a specialized groove in the roof of the oral cavity that, when pressed against the tongue, forms a functional "gun barrel."

By using its gill covers to build pressure, it fires a jet of water that can hit a target up to two meters away. However, the true "insane" biology lies in its brain: it must instantly calculate the refraction of light at the water-to-air interface to account for visual distortion. We analyze how the fish modulates the speed of the jet so the water bunches up at the end, hitting the prey with maximum kinetic energy. This is a masterclass in evolutionary ballistics and kinematics.