Crab vs Eel vs Octopus | Blue Planet II | BBC Earth

[Music] a sally lightfoot crab one of thousands of shaw crabs just waiting for their moment every day they gather on the tropical shores of brazil [Music] waiting for the tide to go out [Music] which exposes their feeding grounds seaweed covered rocks a hundred meters from the shore getting there is a race against the tide they leap from rock to rock [Music] these crabs seem to be afraid of the water and for good reason the moray eel the chain moray is a specialist crab hunter its blunt teeth can easily grip and crush a crab shell it's the crabs deadliest enemy but the crabs feeding grounds are still a long way off they must press on [Music] halfway [Music] but their enemy has other ideas [Music] crossing the land to reset the ambush to feed the crabs must keep going [Music] but nowhere is safe an octopus also a crab killer the crabs make a dash for it made it [Music] risking life and limb to graze on these seaweed pastures [Music] but in two hours time when the tide starts to turn they will have to run the gauntlet all over again [Music] you

Channel: BBC Earth

Views: 4,062,136

Keywords: bbc documentary, bbc, bbcearth, bbc earth, blue planet, blue planet 2, david attenborough, blue planet ii, moray eel, octopus, crab, blue planet ii crab vs eel vs octopus

Id: k7cGyYaxUnI

Length: 5min 34sec (334 seconds)

Published: Thu Aug 05 2021