Dolphins Hunt on Sandy Shore | National Geographic

these seabirds are getting ready for a
great show and just maybe a quick bite
to eat
wha-ho how about that
these are bottlenose dolphins rampaging
up onshore scattering fish and causing a
major hullabaloo
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-fed 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 these 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 the 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 beats 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 moved into the sea