The Aim of the Archer Fish
The archerfish hunts flies and other insects by flushing water into a parabola stroke. When they fall into the water it picks them up by moving to the exact spot in less than 10 milliseconds.
The extraordinary thing is not its speed, but it does it without even looking at its prey during its fall.
It's a typical physics problem: parabolic toss, for which solution he needs to know the position and the initial speed of the fly in the fall and, in addition, something about geometric optics to make sure he hits the target when throwing the jet.
No other species with similar abilities are known. A person can also make a parabolic shot with an object and pick it up at the exact spot of his fall without a glance, but he would not make it in the fraction of a second it takes the archer.
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