Dolphins spotted trapping fish in mud rings in the Caribbean

By Alison Kentish

Bottlenose dolphins are clever hunters. Some work alongside quality fishers, coaxing food ashore. Others usage shells to drawback their food. In the Florida Keys, immoderate usage “mud rings” – and present the behaviour has been documented successful the Caribbean too.

The mud ringing hunting strategy is simply a lawsuit of blindsiding prey. A “ring maker” dolphin circles adjacent the water level and traps food down a ringing of mud arsenic others prevarication successful hold with mouths open, and lunge to drawback immoderate food attempting to flight the mud by jumping retired of the water.

This behaviour had been seen lone successful the …

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