{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Animals with Aimee","title":"Archerfish: The Living Water Pistol","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":467,"description":"Episode Title: Archerfish: The Living Water Pistol 🔫🐟 Grab your life jacket and peer into the brackish mangrove swamps of Southeast Asia and Australia! 🛶🌏  Today on Animals with Aimee, we are looking for a silver, striped fish that turns the water into a tool to catch its dinner. 💦 Meet the clever, precise, and ballistic Archerfish! 🎯  In this episode, junior physicists will learn how this amazing fish uses a specialized mouth that works like the barrel of a toy water gun! 🔫  They can fire a stream up to 3 meters (nearly 10 feet) long to knock insects right off their branches! 🪲  We'll discover how they act as scientists to correct for Refraction—an optical illusion caused by the way light bends when it moves from the air into the water. 🌈 We'll also calculate the physics of impact, learning how the water bunches into a heavy \"slug\" to deliver a powerful punch! 🥊 Plus, find out how they use Proprioception and lightning-fast reflexes to predict exactly where the bug will land within 100 milliseconds ⏱️, and how young fish learn these epic hunting skills through observation of older, more experienced fish! 🤓🐟 Remember, animals are special - just like you! 💚 Thank you for listening!Don't forget to rate and follow Animals with Aimee for notifications about our new episodes! Join Aimee's Animal Lovers Club for activity sheets, birthday shout-outs, and more!The Archerfish is currently stable, but the mangrove coastal ecosystem they live in is at risk. To help protect their habitat, consider supporting Oceanus Conservation.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/82bQVOD5bOQdBpJioFxh2QWxndn2wb4w203dTTUqP04/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9jYWFm/N2VjN2RiNWE4YzVj/MzY0OGFlZTY3Zjk4/MTBjNC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}