Dolphins trained for the US Navy were equipped with cameras and voice recorders. It was understood how the dolphins, which were followed for 6 months, fed in their natural lives.
US navy; for purposes such as detecting mines on the seabed from trained dolphins was taking advantage. However, these dolphins were used for a completely different job this time. Attaching cameras and tape recorders to the dolphins, the authorities have found these gigantic mammals in their natural environment. how you live they recorded. The results obtained were quite interesting.
Dolphins are actually very famous creatures. But even about dolphins unknown there are many things. For example, it was not known how these creatures hunted in their natural habitats. The camera recordings made helped to understand how the dolphins’ diet is. Experts say dolphins are hunting that they both make sounds and use their eyes very well. they announced. A part of the 6-month recording was also served to the public.
They can eat anything they find, not fish and reptiles!
The research on dolphins revealed a striking fact. When dolphins focus on their prey, even upside down they were swimming. In addition, these mammals did not distinguish between fish or reptiles, they hunted all kinds of food sources to satisfy their hunger. Dolphins approaching the surface in times of danger, in some cases preferred to jump to the surface. Experts say that dolphins who lived with the tape recorder for 6 months more than 200 They announced that they were hunting sea creatures.
The most interesting feature of the study is that a dolphin 8 yellow-bellied sea snakes What you ate was not detected. Yellow-bellied sea snakes were highly venomous creatures, and these fish were not even of interest to predatory fish. What’s more interesting is that the dolphin that ate the poisonous fish had nothing. there was no sign of illness. Experts think that because this dolphin is in captivity, it may not realize that the yellow-bellied snake is venomous, so it may have been eaten. Experts say that if dolphins hadn’t been trained for the US navy and had grown up with their relatives, the yellow-bellied sea snake would be would not eat.
Video of the dolphins roaming freely and the sound it makes at that moment:
In the video above, a dolphin roams freely in the sea and while the sound it makes you can hear.
While hunting, they are quite aggressive.
The video above shows how a dolphin hunts. swimming upside down And you can see the vicious attitudes.
Moments when yellow-bellied sea snake caught dolphin’s camera
In this video, a very poisonous animal caught in the camera of the dolphin. yellow-bellied sea snake you can see. Other dolphins have been known to avoid this poisonous fish.
Source :
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0265382