hydrodynamics

Fourth Element just released their new tech fin: Tech Fins Archives - Fourth Element The idea of the bumps behind the vents is supposedly to mimic humpback whale fins and utilize the tubercle effect. But it seems like they're in the wrong place. I'm home sick instead of out diving, so I've been...

A new video of mine with a flying gurnard, filmed in Zamboanguita, Philippines. Plus, hydrodynamic speculation about the role of its unusual fins. I am proposing that they act as "wings", just like the "wings" of much larger manta rays do, because the gurnard is so close to the boundary layer...