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Hunting archerfish can squirt water to the height of 2 m (6 1 ⁄2 ft).
A jet of water squirted by the 20-cm (8-in) long archerfish, can be shot high enough to strike down its chosen insect from overhanging branches.
Archerfish have another technique for catching prey at close range. They leap right out of the water to snatch their victim, at times jumping twice their body length. This high-jumping hunting method is successful around 70 per cent of the time. target their prey with great accuracy. When the victim falls, the archerfish takes a split second to work out where it will land, and is on the spot as the insect hits the water. Most a
HIGH JUMP With their excellent vision, archerfish
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