Template:Did you know nominations/Exocoetus volitans

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The result was: promoted by Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 03:27, 31 August 2018 (UTC)

Exocoetus volitans

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Illustration by Marcus Elieser Bloch

• ... that while attempting to escape from underwater predators, the tropical two-wing flyingfish (pictured) may find other hazards above the waves? Source: "It is consumed by a large variety of predatory fishes, such as dolphinfishes, tunas, snake mackerel, and the rainbow runner." and "... become the pray of gulls, of cormorants and of other aquatic birds that hover over the surface of the water".

• Reviewed: Iase Tushi

Created by Cwmhiraeth (talk). Self-nominated at 06:20, 3 August 2018 (UTC).

• reviewing. New enough, copyvio<4%. Will complete soon. Whispyhistory (talk) 11:16, 3 August 2018 (UTC)

• General eligibility:

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Policy compliance:

• Adequate sourcing:
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• Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:
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Hook eligibility:

• Cited:
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Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: I can't believe it's real. I know someone who will be pleased to see the image. A lovely article and the sources are an interesting read too, particularly the 1758 book. Whispyhistory (talk) 18:28, 3 August 2018 (UTC)