Why are fish fish-shaped? - Lauren Sallan
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In tropical seas, flying fish leap out of the water, gliding for up to 200 meters, before dipping back into the sea. In the Indo-Pacific, a hunting sailfish swims up to 110 kilometers per hour. These feats are made possible by a fish’s form—which in most species is a smooth, long body, fins, and a tail. Lauren Sallan explains why these features are so common, and what it reveals about fish.
This lesson mentions that penguins, dolphins, sea slugs, and squids have all independently evolved fish-like shapes for moving through water. Where else do we see these features?
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Lauren Sallan
- Director Igor Đurić, Mladen Đukić
- Script Editor Emma Bryce
- Producer Mladen Đukić
- Art Director Igor Đurić
- Storyboard Artist Igor Đurić
- Animator Mladen Đukić, Igor Đurić, Nemanja Vučenović, Igor Štikić, Sandra Marić, Aleksandar Bundalo
- Editor Nemanja Vučenović
- Sound Designer Nemanja Vučenović
- Associate Producer Bethany Cutmore-Scott, Elizabeth Cox
- Content Producer Gerta Xhelo
- Editorial Producer Alex Rosenthal
- Narrator Julianna Zarzycki
- Fact-Checker Francisco Diez
