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marketrent OP t1_j2uezw2 wrote

Jennifer Ouellette, 1 January 2023, Ars Technica (Condé Nast)

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>Scientists attached GoPro cameras to six dolphins and captured the sights and sounds of the animals as they hunted and devoured various species of fish—even squealing in victory at the capture of baby sea snakes, according to an August paper published in the journal PLoS ONE.

>While sound and video has previously been recorded for dolphins finding and eating dead fish, per the authors, this is the first footage combining sound and video from the dolphins' point of view as they pursued live prey while freely swimming.

>The audio element enabled the scientists to learn more about how the dolphins communicated while hunting.

Paper in PLoS ONE, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0265382

Video of dolphin S capturing fish in San Diego Bay, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0265382.s001 (MP4)

Video of dolphin Z catching sea snakes in the Pacific Ocean with obvious head jerks and a victory squeal, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0265382.s002 (MP4)

Slowed down video of an escaping sea snake with notable dolphin clicks, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0265382.s003 (MP4)

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GoddessOfFire71 t1_j2xix9t wrote

Dolphine aren't to be triffled with. They also gang rape other dolphins

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googly_eyes_roomba t1_j2xvd16 wrote

They play ball with pufferfish and pass them around to get high. Some of them have learned to use little fish as bait to pick off gullible seabirds. They also don't like Porpoises either. They will bludgeon them to death with their faces if they catch one.

Freaking dolphins. Second biggest bastards of the mammal world.

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geniusgrunt t1_j2ygqeo wrote

They're pretty nice to humans though, generally speaking.

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ZatoX666 t1_j2vri68 wrote

Where is the video of them hunting? Couldn't find it thought the link

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frapawhack t1_j3c9rz2 wrote

Everything seems to emit a triumphant squeal when they catch their prey

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