The popular pet fish can jump up to eight times their body length, at speeds of more than 4 feet per second, according to a recently published research paper in the online peer-reviewed journal PLOS One.

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University of Maryland biologist Daphne De Freitas Soares and biology lecturer Hilary S. Bierman discovered the guppies' ability while using high-speed videography and digital imaging to analyze the jumping behavior of nine guppies from a wild Trinidadian species, Poecilia reticulata, related to the familiar pet-shop fish.

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The pet shop passed the fish on to Blue Reef Aquarium in Hastings.

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It provides pet-care advice, background on pet ownership, a fish-doctor service, a photo forum where customers admire one another's fish and aquarium setups and, of course, more pictures of Kenny the Fish--often shirtless and in goggles--communing with his merchandise.

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In the town square were two gourmet restaurants as well as a local-wine merchant and a pet store specializing in tropical fish.

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Neo says it's now the only fish exporter in the world to also sell pet supplies, accounting for 39% of its revenue last year.

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