The proverbial saying is that there’s safety in numbers and many fish species have found this to be true. Small fish huddle together and move as one through the water hoping to appear larger to a passing predator, while pelagic predators such as barracuda move in vast schools to hunt. We explore the different schooling strategies of both reef fish and deep-water inhabitants.
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NGM107 - Lions kill a Giraffe
A pride of lions on the African bushveld constitute a perfect killing machine. Co-operation, stealth, perfect timing and an acute sense of opportunity work together in synchrony as lionesses surround and harass an old bull giraffe, which is unable to retaliate with the same agility as in his yout...
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NGM106 - The Filter feeders
Some of the largest fish in the sea feed on the tiniest of marine organisms. Manta rays and whale sharks feed by filtering the water and extracting the tiny creatures that form plankton. But they are able to do this by swimming forward in the water with mouth agape, but there are creatures such a...
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NGM101 - The Great Hunter
The great white shark has long been the centre of media hype, but is it really the vicious killer it is made out to be? We take a look at the hunting strategies of this incredible shark and find that it actually is an intelligent, calculative and cunning predator.
