Scientists strapped GoPros to dolphins, and the resulting footage lets you watch them hunt in striking detail.
A new study that strapped GoPro cameras to dolphins has captured them eating venomous sea snakes.
The dolphin was being trained to detect underwater mines, but researchers believe that this is the first time a dolphin has been observed eating a sea snake.Previously, scientists believed that dolphins engaged in ram feeding, where they would swim faster than their prey and clasp the fish in their jaws. Or, they would create a suction by moving their tongues and expanding their throats to slurp up prey.
Despite the snakes’ toxicity, the dolphins did not suffer any ill effects from consuming the sea serpents. One dolphin ate a total of eight snakes. Other prey the dolphins ate were sand bass, top smelt, yellowfin croakers, California halibut, and pipefish.
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