Dolphins Come Ashore to Hunt | National Geographic

these seabirds are getting ready for a
great show and just maybe a quick bite
to eat
whoa how about that these are bottlenose
dolphins rampaging up onshore scattering
fish and causing a major Halloween
are they just showing off the dolphin
equivalent of hot rodding the Dolphins
may be flashier than most species and
smarter as well but like so many
behaviors it’s all about staying well
feng bottlenose dolphins are among the
most inventive and intelligent hunters
in the sea
and while bottlenose dolphins often hunt
close to shore this coordinated assault
on the beach is a sophisticated
technique developed here in the salt
marshes of South Carolina first a
Dolphins scout locates schools of fish
in the channel then the other dolphins
rush the shore creating a wave that
washes the school of fish onto the shore
then using their superior above-water
eyesight the Dolphins grab the fish and
consume them and after that it’s time to
do it all over again until the Dolphins
get tired or the fish supply runs out
whichever comes first
the Dolphins clearly relished this kind
of hunting and birds like it – there’s a
fascinating bit of trivia that’ll wow
your friends
the Dolphins always rush the shore
landing on their right side the teeth on
this side of their mouth get worn down
from chewing the mud and silt that
sloshes in with a fish the dolphins can
be so exuberant they actually beach
themselves sometimes it seems they’re
almost trying to crawl back on the same
land they left 50 million years ago when
their ancestors first move into the sea