The amazing Bottlenose Dolphins of South Carolina have adopted a unique way of hunting Fish called strand feeding. Working in groups of between two and six dolphins to create a wave to force the fish out of the water. The dolphins follow the fish onto the shore, stranding themselves briefly, to eat up their prey. While initially documented in South Carolina and Georgia, strand feeding has also been observed in Louisiana, Texas, Baja California, Ecuador, and Australia. This video shows the dolphins of Seabrook Island, South Carolina strand feeding at Captain Sam’s Inlet in a rare close up sighting.
Bottleneck Dolphin Strand Feeding
For more information on strand feeding check out these resources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bottlenose_dolphin
https://www.townofseabrookisland.org/dolphin-education-program.html