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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