Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The tripod fish doesn’t actively hunt. It stands on elongated fins and lets ocean currents bring food directly to it. Its extended ...

Exocoetid flying fish face one of nature’s most punishing survival puzzles: they launch themselves out of the ocean to dodge predators below, only to be snatched mid-air by seabirds above.

In the deep ocean, where sunlight never reaches, and food drifts down like confetti, survival is less about speed and more about strategy. Take, for example, the tripod fish, a creature that can swim ...