Squid take to the skies in synchronized aerial glide
Fifteen years ago, a Japanese research team photographed about 100 neon flying squid leaping from the Pacific and gliding in near-formation for roughly 30 meters, likely using their hyponomes to propel themselves. The neon flying squid (Ommastrephes bartramii) are social cephalopods that rise near the surface to feed, and while the exact purpose of the group gliding remains unclear, predator evasion is a leading hypothesis.