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There is a species of flying fish in the northwest Pacific region called Boeing interruptus that struggles to get airborne.

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Careful! I’ve heard of what happens to Boeing whistleblowers.

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They sleep with the flying fishes

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Probably not flying, though.

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This is a common misunderstanding. They have no issue getting airborne, they do, however, have a habit of suddenly being not airborne, with catastrophic results.

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they do, however, have a habit for suddenly being not airborne

That’s not true - I’ve heard they’re too big to fall.

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Holy shit, I completely fell for that until I read the replies.

Might be time for my medicine…

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YEET THE FISH !!

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Seeing these in choppy seas is interesting. You’ll see a fish fly straight out the side of one wave, fly 100 feet through the air and right back into the side of another wave. Super unnatural looking.

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I don’t think I ever processed that these are real and would have wings. It doesn’t seem right. I don’t like them.

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I feel like I want to show this to creationists because it would just break their brains a bit. They’d quickly go back and say god planned it, but I love the pure evolution here.

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Still more natural than birds - who tf ever thought we would fall for such an obvious spy trick?

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I’ve seen those things once in my life while on a boat in the Philippines. Really quite something to experience in person.

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