Why Are Seahorses Nature's Most Efficient Predators

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Discover their incredible hunting prowess in this short video! Seahorses win 90% of the time, thanks to a unique trick involving a special region above their nostrils. They stay invisible to copepods – their primary prey.  Music from TheSoul Sound: https://thesoul-sound.com/ Subscribe to Bright Side : https://goo.gl/rQTJZz ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brightside/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brightside.official/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@brightside.official?lang=en Stock materials (photos, footages and other): https://www.depositphotos.com https://www.shutterstock.com https://www.eastnews.ru ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For more videos and articles visit: http://www.brightside.me/

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00:00 Seahorses are excellent hunters, even better than sharks, but we mostly know them for their

00:05 unique way of reproduction.

00:07 You know, being the only species where males get pregnant, but that's for another video.

00:13 Turns out they have another unique feature.

00:15 They are victorious 90% of the time when they go on a hunt.

00:19 It's all thanks to a special region above their nostrils.

00:23 The thing is, they don't generate water vibrations, which renders them invisible to

00:27 copepods, their primary prey.

00:31 Copepods have a survival strategy to avoid predators by detecting changes in water motion

00:36 before an attack.

00:38 Seahorses are slow swimmers, but excellent hunters because of a trick called pivot feeding.

00:43 Turns out, their head shape creates some kind of bubble around their mouth, preventing them

00:48 from disturbing the water and scaring copepods.

00:51 This allows them to sneak up on their prey without being noticed.

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