10 Amazing Animals That Fly Without Wings

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24 April 2025

Flying Fish: These ocean acrobats can soar over 200 metres above water, using their fins like wings to glide through the air.


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Flying Frog: Native to Southeast Asia, this frog uses its webbed feet to leap and glide up to 50 feet between trees.


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Flying Squirrel: With stretchy skin flaps called patagium, these agile squirrels glide up to 150 feet from tree to tree.


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Paradise Tree Snake: This snake flattens its body and slithers through the air, gliding up to 100 feet between treetops.


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Colugo (Flying Lemur): Despite the name, it's not a lemur — but it does glide over 200 feet using a large skin membrane.


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Draco Lizard: Tiny ribs extend like wings, letting the Draco lizard glide up to 30 feet through the forest canopy.


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Butterfly Fish: These small marine fish can break the surface and glide short distances to escape hungry predators.


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Flying Squid: Using jet propulsion, flying squid launch themselves out of the water, gliding up to 30 feet.


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Mobula Ray: These giant rays leap dramatically from the sea, soaring over six feet high before splashing back down.


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Flying Gecko: With flaps of skin between their limbs, flying geckos glide smoothly through the rainforest.


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