Fish can't get free from the law of refraction. How can they lock on an object above water?

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I learn that a kind of fish prey insects above water. It's amazing!!! How can they made it ?

Thank you very much! And the anwsers make it more interesting and complex. I hope we can get more about it some day. Good luck!!

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