The GoPro cams were connected with harnesses to 6 bottlenose dolphins, trained to situated undersea mines, over a six-month duration. It was a research study by researchers from the National Marine Mammal Foundation in San Diego, California, to tape-record audio and video and live stream them.
Updated Apr 16, 2023 | 09:57 AM IST
Dolphin Eats Eight Venomous Sea Snakes
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- Surprisingly, the cams recorded the minute when the tense animals went after fish and even feasted on a number of poisonous sea snakes.
- Scientists were puzzled by the attacks as consuming poisonous snakes can be unsafe for dolphins.
- The video camera caught the dolphins capturing over 200 fishes and sea snakes as they strolled through a sea water swimming pool.
Surprisingly, the cams recorded the minute when the tense animals went after fish and even feasted on a number of poisonous sea snakes.
Scientists were puzzled by the attacks as consuming poisonous snakes can be unsafe for dolphins.
The GoPro cams were connected with harnesses to 6 bottlenose dolphins, trained to situated undersea mines, over a six-month duration. It was a research study by researchers from the National Marine Mammal Foundation in San Diego, California, to tape-record audio and video and live stream them.
The video camera caught the dolphins capturing over 200 fishes and sea snakes as they strolled through a sea water swimming pool.
One of the dolphins, that went off the menu, captured the very first yellow-bellied sea snake and brought it for a while prior to consuming it.
It then discharged a high-pitched sound that researchers concerned to be a ‘success screech’.
“The dolphin clicked as it approached the snake and after that drew it in with a bit more head jerking as the tumbling snake tail vanished and the dolphin made a long screech,” the researchers composed in their research study.
It includes: “Squeals continued as the dolphin took, controlled and swallowed the victim. During catches, the dolphins’ lips flared to reveal almost all of the teeth. The throat broadened outside,” it includes.
The scientists said it’s the very first time dolphins have actually been seen on video consuming sea snakes.
The research study was released in the journal PLOS ONE in August 2022.
