Remarkable mud-ring hunting technique of bottlenose dolphins. Bottlenose dolphins are the only known dolphins to practice this technique. Smarty smart smart.
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Hashmalech
on 24 Jan 10It frighten me a bit, I don’t know why.
fumbling around
on 24 Jan 10This was very cool to see. Thanks for sharing. Very, very clever dolphins! I wonder if these hunting techniques are specific to this pod or if they teach other dolphins in the general area.
Raph
on 24 Jan 10That is freaking amazing. Theres certainly something to be said for taking the time to observe nature. Thanks for sharing.
Mendy
on 24 Jan 10Wow! it was amazing! thanks for sharing.
Nick Howell
on 24 Jan 10Absolutely awesome and amazing… Thank you for sharing!
Neil
on 24 Jan 10Comparable to other animals and inanimate objects they are very smart.
They have a lot of evolving to do to match our intelligence.
tuacker
on 24 Jan 10Dolphins are awesome The Guardian had a story in 2003, also mentioning this technique among other things. It’s an interesting read, you can find it here.
Phil McThomas
on 24 Jan 10After the ‘car chase’ post, I was very nervous watching this with my 3-year-old shoulder surfing. I was waiting for the chain-saw wielding hunters to turn the water red.
Cam Collins
on 24 Jan 10Dolphin are amazing. I had not heard of this technique, but I have seen how the spotted wild dolphin in the Bahamas can burrow under the sea floor to dig out small file fish. We travel to the Bahamas at least once per year to “visit” the dolphin. I am not permitted to say where they are exactly as the researchers at the Wild Dolphin Project are concerned that too much human interaction with the spotted dolphin will disrupt their ecosystem.
Here are some photos and a short video of dolphin swimming under our boat: http://intrepid339.com/page/5
Anyone interested in learning about the Wild Dolphin Project should check-out: http://www.wilddolphinproject.org
(I hope posting links is Ok)
Manuel
on 24 Jan 10”...the only who have developed this beaviour. It gives them an edge. This short of advantage may mean the difference…”
Could be from a book on entrepreneurship :-) Nice!
crestere
on 24 Jan 10Wow…pure nature at it’s wildest. Thanks for sharing!
Erin
on 24 Jan 10That is fantastic! While we’re on the subject of smart dolphins, how about this skill?
Dolphin Bubbles: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuVgXJ55G6Y
If we could measure the IQ of dolphins, I believe we’d find some smarter than the average human.
Sean McCambridge
on 25 Jan 10They are amazing. I’ve never heard of that behavior, but here in Charleston is one of the only places they’ve been observed chasing fish up on the mud and actually sliding up after them. Then they roll back into the water.
They’re also social learners so one could go teach others the same trick. That’s incredibly uncommon among animals.
Anyway, thanks for sharing. That was a nice break.
Mauricio Rocha
on 25 Jan 10Another superb BBC documentary. I live in London and I am a massive fan of their work. There many other fantastic BBC documentaries.
Jakyra
on 25 Jan 10This is similar to the technique used by humpback whales. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJvfjiCTvq4
Pierre Bastien
on 25 Jan 10Cool. That is similar to how I fish for Cheetos.
Chris Hajer
on 25 Jan 10The dolphins look so happy waiting for their jumping fish.
Rinaldi Syahran
on 26 Jan 10it’s amazing for mee to see this thing. Something new that i learn again and it is about dolphin that you share in this blog. Like this hehe!
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