On some Californian beaches there is a spectacle like no other during nights of a full moon. Millions of fish launch themselves ashore in an apparent mass suicide attempt.
Although for a fish to launch itself onto a beach may seem like a life-threatening action, it is in fact simply a spawning technique. It is used by one or two fish species, including the grunion and the capelin. Many of these fish die during these dangerous onshore excursions, but it is all in the
