Shark devours wall of mullets - Seven Worlds, One Planet | BBC Earth

cold currents are sweeping along the coast of Florida and with them come gray mullet on their migration to their spawning grounds in the south millions of them and packed so tightly they stay in the water like an oil slick few people on the beach are even aware of them [Music] the mullet keep as close to the shore as possible for in deeper water there are predators toast to the beach they have to keep clear of human swimmers but now hunters from the open ocean have detected them tarpon over two metres long and weighing over a hundred kilograms to get close to the mullet and the shallows the top on turn on their sides now the mullet can't see their shining silver flanks until it's too late and feast it begins black-tipped shark arrived pelicans join in but these attacks have little effect on the immense shows the mullet outnumber their enemies by ten thousand to one so the great procession travels on into the northern Atlantic Ocean where at last they will be able to spawn in safety [Music] you

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Length: 3min 25sec (205 seconds)

Published: Tue Mar 03 2020