Dolphins Use Stingrays to Hunt Octopus | Ocean Giants | BBC Earth
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- Опубликовано: 23 авг 2024
- These crafty dolphins are exploiting stingrays to hunt for their favourite snack - octopus!
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Ocean Giants, 2011
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When the teacher pairs you up for a class project, there's always a dolphin and a stingray
And if you have to ask which you are? Then you are the stingray.
@@ValeriePallaoro Naaahh.. He is the octopus.
*stingay
@@ChrisHuppey No its stingray
@@ChrisHuppey wait-
"They've figured out how to harness the ability of another species for their own ends" these are honorary humans if I've ever seen one
Yep parasitic behavior is key to calling yourself human.
The Dolphins probably were friends with Steve Irwin and the sting rays figured that out.
basically the title of this video should have been "how dolphins are assholes"
Probably something to do with intelligence. I heard orcas can also be assholes sometimes
@@JasonC683 lol, I've personally had them take fish off the hook while fishing and was worried they would take the hook. However they know exactly what is going.
Crocodiles are far worse they take hook and fish and don't care.
I kept waiting to hear about how the relationship is mutually beneficial, but nope! Dolphins just use the stingrays to hunt octopus. 😂
Yes; I mentally asked that too. Now I have to think about all the work done on mutuality in the light of this, as straight out theft.
@@Adsiedem 🤣
@@Adsiedem LMAO
Dolphins are known to deter sharks, so it's possible that their presence benefits the ray in that way, Just speculating though.
@@DevonBowen I was thinking the same thing.
"The humans wait for the chickens to lay their eggs, only to take them for themselves and eat them." - A dolphin on human behavior
I'd be concerned if they knew about that. What, are there biologist dolphins walking on land studying us or some shi†?
Chickens dont eat the eggs they lay...
@@ClemensPohl "The humans wait for the for the dogs to flush out and tire the fox, only to take the prize for themselves and... stuff it?"
It is pretty parallel to human behavior. Admittedly we're better at it, but that's why we're the ones writing comments on youtube about it.
At least in that case, unless we're talking balut, the eggs are just basically menstrual emissions which the chickens don't have use for. And the humans at least feed the chickens (albeit also often feed on them, but still).
@@ivantheterrible7696 True , if some marine creatures would access the land
They wouldn't need any extra brain power to compete with us
Especially dolphins , they would even build republics
Has anyone ever tried communicating with dolphins using a selection of zippers at various speeds?
i cant unhear it
seriously, zippers, kazoos and some rubber_squeaking things and you have the basis to recreate the whole dolphin "language"
2:48 also a couple shids, just for good measure
@@LunringNassar lol, sorry
I think we should develop a language that is functional without grammar so animals can understand it perfectly well. Of course, it would also have grammar they can't understand on top of it, but it would make communicating with animals so much easier. It would also make teaching babies language much easier, so it would be rewarding.
"Dolphins use STINGAYS to Hunt Octopus" 😹😹 the typo made me laugh a bit
Lol I didn't even notice. I didn't really look at it.
😂😂
Brother to the Mantaay....a proper little ay of sunshine.....😆
Those perverts ! 🦈
May be they did this typo purposely
Stingray: "Imma just flush out this tasty reward for all my hard work..."
Dolphin: "Yoink!"
Stingray: "bruh"
Stingray: Heyyyy! That's MY octopus!
Dolphin: Tough luck, mate!
Whenever I see a stingray, I can never forget about the late legendary Steve Irwin.
Same
I too
RIP my dude RIP🥺❤️ he will be missed
Flashbacks ❤️
Stingay*
We have many stingrays where I live. They are graceful creatures and quite gentle. Highly intelligent. They come up to the port when the fishermen bring in their catch to take advantage of any leftovers. They only sting in self-defense and one would have to seriously startle one to provoke the sting (grab it or step on it).
I found it odd how they would take about 'taking a risk' when the stingray doesn't normally sting all that often.
what about steve irwin
@@motabhainfriends8461 I loved Steve.. that was a tragic death. As far as I know, his case is considered a freak accident and they speculate the ray saw Steve's shadow closing over him and took it as a threat. He was attacked by a short-tailed stingray. The ones we have here are Southern stingrays.
@@kylepessell1350 because no matter how unusual it is for an attack, there have been documented ones, and theyre extremely dangerous when they do. Theres not a high risk of it happening, but theres a low risk that youll be highly injured at a minimum when you come out of the interaction.
@@JubioHDX But that holds true for almost any animal. You could just as easily say there is the same level of risk by handling a dog or cow if the standard is 'if they don't behave normally then you could be gravely injured'. Here they are just trying to increase drama in a way which makes the stingray out to be scarier than it realistically is and people who eat that up form a bias against them as a result.
If you think about it, it's called stealing.
"Outsmart" and "harness" are just fancy words to hide the truth.
LOL first this poor stingray is harassed by being followed by an entourage of humans and dolphins but then the dolphins steal his meal that he worked hard to get! Fantastic footage and content!
Dolphin intelligence is amazing. They drive schools of fish to shore and birds participate in the banquet.
And violently rape other dolphins and occasionally humans.
The stingrays are literally their metal detectors, but alive and with barbs
No they're not. The stingrays are literally the buster ass slowpokes who get their lunch money snatched by the dolphin.
just like horses/camels/dogs/donkeys as cars, cattles/chicken/pork as food, etc
If the octopus is made of metal, then I suppose you would be correct.
I guess nobody ever taught you the definition of 'literally'.
@@MrBraddles3128 there's literally more than 1 way to use a word.
"So long and thanks for all the octopuses!"
It’s weirder knowing both sting rays and octopus are extremely intelligent as well
It seems most sea animals are very smart
well the stingray is just following its instinct mainly while the dolphins are exploiting the stingray's hunting ability so its a bit different
@@alexamg6675 bruv
@@Immortal_BP Stingrays are the most intelligent 'fish', mantra ray which are a type of sting ray have the largest brains out of any fish.
@@limpa756 brain size does not relate to intelligence.
I was surprised in the description to see this is from 2011. Amazing how the time has flown by, and I don’t even think I saw this at the time though. I wonder how these animals are now doing in the same area over 10 years later? We really need to do a follow-up to a lot of these BBC nature documentaries for a lot of the same locations so we can compare side-by-side how they’ve been impacted by climate, environmental and marine change.
Thanks for introducing this thought. So many times we are left with the feel good feeling of these documentaries without the reality of the world.
Damn Dolphins stealing the Ray's honest work.
I'm quite honestly surprised by the lack of comments regarding this. Lol Dolphins are real jerks, it seems 😂 but hey, I guess we all gotta eat!
Serve's em right for killing Steve Irwin
Wonderful! Thanks to BBC Earth for the ceasless effort in compiling such an interesting video.
Money to buy camera was stolen from afghan refugees.
How is compiling just one video a "ceaseless effort"?
This has to be a paid for comment
@@kavalogue BBC is a propaganda channel of House of Lords.
Let's hope the stingray doesn't hold grudges...
3:35 it must have been a heartbreaking experience for stingrays..
Stingrays don't move very fast, they catch prey by enveloping it. Since the octopus had already got out from under the stingray it didn't matter if the dolphin caught it, the stingray was no longer able to.
@@rxg9er Is that how you dolphins sleep at night?
@@miroslavputinovic6650 Hahaha. That was hysterical. I wish I could give you two likes
I love seeing just how intelligent these animals are 😊
I hate seeing them being a theft.
*INTELLIGENT DESIGN IS REAL! ATHEISM IS FALSE & DELUSIONAL!*
@@paulmalapit4240 *INTELLIGENT DESIGN IS REAL! ATHEISM IS FALSE & DELUSIONAL!*
Right? They even built boats to swim in the water
@@muhammadsalafiahlulhadith dddddvllpppp
(0:44) I'm an animal... watching an animal... watching an animal... watching another animal... watch for an animal.
(2:41) Watch Out!
Of course, the dolphins use stingays to hunt octopus.
Duhhh. Everyone knows that
Lol the typo
I love how illiterates like you jump on every possible chance to make fun of other's grammatical errors. This must be the only comment you've properly written in this channel.
Stingrays are pretty dumb.
😂 they fixed it
Ray : _"For Christ sake Dolph stop stealing my lunch!"_
Dolph : _"You mean OUR lunch."_
Very cool! I've watched blue jays follow a squirrel to see where he buries a peanut and then when he leaves, go get it and cache it somewhere else. Kinda the same thing. Not sure I would call this using tools, but dolphins and some birds already do that anyway.
Who's calling it 'using tools'? This is straight out theft. As is what the blue jay is doing. And that poses a more complicated thinking process that includes planning, forethought and observation.
@@ValeriePallaoro It is always funny yet understandable how surprising it is for us to see other animal species do this. man, I 'm not sure if the language barrier between us and other animals makes us all better off or worse off.
This is when intelligence beats hardwork.
i knew dolphins were abit of a freak but stingays too? im glad to hear the Rainbow Patch is finally being initialized
For we, like me, who got here late (after the editing) this is a very random comment.
yeah but i feel it now adds to the whole "thing" c:
edit: the thing being the comment being written in a Tier Zoo sorta way
(ie. Thank god for cups n such, after the Hydration Installation I really thought i wasnt gonna make it)
I almost thought the dolphins would use the stingrays as shovels as intelligent they are
The title is misleading. It's basic kleptoparasite behavior.
@@miroslavputinovic6650 That doesn't mean the title is misleading. kleptoparasite literally means "to rob food from another animal"
@@0x1EGEN Yes. Kleptoparasitism is not tool use. Even a lizard can steal food. Stealing is not tool use.
@@miroslavputinovic6650 yea and? the title said they use stingrays to hunt, aka, follow them around and steal the food, you know, like a human does with dogs pigs birds etc.
@@JubioHDX Bruh, tf kinda humans have you been hanging around?
If only dolphins were a tiny bit more intelligent, they'd be using us instead of stingrays
In swfl they do. They stay under a vessel that is catching fish. Allow you to catch the fish and as you release the fish tired and distressed. They grab it right after you let go. Truly fascinating and frustrating at the same time.
In some places of the world, dolphins and fisherman have a mutualistic relationship! While the fisherman carry a net near the shore, the dolphins coral the fish schools towards it. This way, the dolphins get easy fish and the fisherman have an easier time fishing.
What do you think Dolphins go to SeaWorld for? Humans feed them all day long there.
If only they had opposable thumbs, maybe they'd be ruling the world instead of humans
@@kookiekommenter What for the opposable thumbs would be used in the ocean though? You can grab a stick or a stone on land, and that's effective tools and weapons there. But you ain't hitting anyone with a stick underwater though, it's too slow.
I was wondering when they would start documenting this rare and elusive creature. The stingay
😂😂
Dolphin: I take your snack
Stingray: 👁👄👁
Did you know?: 80% or more of the whistling and click sounds you hear from dolphins are not for communication but are, instead, simply the dolphins passing gas.
The other counter-intuitive thing about dolphins is a "dry sounding fart" (farts are the lower "whistles") is the best indicator of a messy result, almost always requiring a trip to the loo, and frequently some new knickers as well.
Where I'm from in Brighton, there are plenty of wild Stingays roaming around, never seen them help dolphins hunt before tho I must say
They r not intentionally helping dolphins
My heart goes out to the octopus. I rooted for him...
Imagine you have 8 hearts, 8 brains, can regrow limbs, have a toxic attack, an ink emergency rescue ability, can change your appearance on the spot, are one of the most intelligent animals overall, and then you get snatched by a hungry dolphin
Stingays 😂
Fascinating, I've never seen a *stingay* before, interesting creatures.
Me neither
*stares in Florida*
Plenty of them on my local scene. Lots of "yas queen" and "slays", but sometimes they do sting ngl.
@@bebobalula stingays are the dangerous ones......if you eat them you aquire a 'new' taste !!!!!
@@jadduck goofy
Anything narrated by Steven Fry is always good.
i don't think that's him 🤔
@@noa.leshem "Ocean Giants is a 2011 British nature documentary series narrated by actor Stephen Fry.[1]" - From Wikipedia 👍
@@IdarkphoenixI huh. good to know
Doesn't sound like him though
@@omri9325 Really? It doesn't sound that different to me.
Stingray has to be so annoyed by the damn dolphins lol
Dolphin: YOINK. Hippity Hoppity, this is now my property.
Sonar and Electrolocation working together
dolphin intelligence surprises me everytime
This is like me and my boss at work!
octopus like "damn i dont gotta chance" still love dolphins and rays though
Poor stingray, give him/her an octopus know!😂
I wonder how long it would have taken us to work this out. Such a beautiful animal. Amazing timing. Well done.
are u talking about human kind.? the most adaptive and exploitative species on earth ever lived.?
The Hadza tribe follow a certain species of bird around because it's really good at fishing out beehives. To make sure that they know where the bird is at all times, they make bird noises so the bird responds, thinking its mate is nearby. When they confirm where the bird is, they do it again at the next tree that it lands on until they find it digging into a beehive. They then climb the tree and take the hive's honeycombs from the bird for themselves.
Stingrays do all the hard work but the dolphins get the reward! Wow if that isn't a Life Lesson i don't know what is!!
The look in the eye when that octopus got snatched up is where the science begins.
Dolphin to stingray: I...DRINK...YOUR...MILKSHAKE !!!
Dolphin impatiently floats around, constantly making random noises, while something else does a load of stuff, until it finally gets some food.
Sea Husky.
more like a sea human chatting with a friend or to the pig theyre following before stealing the truffle it digs up
So even BBC does it. STINGAYS 🤣🤣🤣
I'm watching this at the bathroom, my wife probably thinks I have diarrhea
One day the dolphins will sing, "So long and thanks for all the fish", as they depart from earth on first sight of the Vogon destructor fleet.
The title is everything 😂😂
The stingray needs to be more hostile towards dolphins.
I don't think they're smart enough to change their behavior. Dolphin's eating their lunch.
Maybe a mutation in stringray genes causes this hostile behavior, and through natural selection those favored traits would survive and become an evolutionary product, forever changing the behavior of stringrays. Oh how beautiful our world is.
I doubt they can reach over their heads.
Probably a mutual benefit in that the dolphins protect the stingrays from sharks in the vicinity so they can concentrate on finding Octopus.
Dolphins are smarter than stingrays, that's for sure.
Dolphin: Yoink! Thank you kindly.
Stingray: Hey! That's mine!
Ah yes. Dolphin, the Politician of the Water world.
Smart, cunning, talkative and the best of all, stealing.
You guys should probably fix that typo in the title, lol.
I wonder why the stingrays aren't more protective over their food. Would they be incapable of defending themselves against 2 dolphins? Or maybe it's just not worth the conflict.
Curious about this too
Their barbs are for defense, not offense
Just because they have barbed tail doesnt mean they can use it like a spear. What the hell are they gonna do? Twerk?
Dolphins are powerful predators in the ocean. They kill sharks all the time.
@@kobisjeruk I think people believe they’re bad because of Steve’s death
It reminds me of truffle hunting with pigs. Pigs are smart enough to forage for them, and humans follow along and snipe them out from under once a pig starts rooting through the dirt for it. That’s why they’re so expensive.
Dolphin stealing stingray pray/food😂
Great to see dolphins being fully inclusive of the LGBTQ+ community
STINGAYS 🤣🤣🤣
Now imagine dolphins with the hands of apes and they last longer underwater. They’d probably begin a civilisation underwater.
Nah, they could've invented plenty of things without the use of hands if they had the intelligence to do so. They're incredibly intelligent but they ain't THAT smart.
@@SanguineMalcontent I think you underestimated the versatility of opposable thumbs. They allow animals to grab at least two items in a flexible and reliable way, instead of grabbing it with your mouth. Dolphins are documented to be even smarter than chimpanzees, and chimps have opposable thumbs. Yes they can use simple tools, but they are rarely documented to exploit other animals for food. If humans have arms of say a dinosaur, we probably wouldn't advance too much.
@@sthui2866 No, I do not underestimate the capability of opposable thumbs. I do however, properly estimate the capability of a dexterous snout, nimble mind, and an iron will.
Chimps are not comparably intelligent to humans, so that comparison is irrelevant. Dolphins are about as intelligent as young children. Young children ain't building a civilization.
@@koiboybud-dbee4556 They could make crude tech used to make more refined tech, or artwork with stones, etc. if they had the intelligence, it would just require more time and effort to do so.
There are people with no hands or feet who not only learn to write but also create stunning, realistic artwork (highly dexterous activities).
The fact remains they are too dumb to create civilizations, as are ALL other species (in their current states) on our planet, barring one. That's not a slight to those species it's a tribute to the TREMENDOUS intellect of Homo sapiens.
@@koiboybud-dbee4556 They certainly can, there are plenty of ways to "ground" (see 'stabilize') oneself, even in water: They could operate in the shallows, resting on the ocean floor, they could create ropes out of seaweed, etc.)
If they were smart enough, they could and would, because it would be worth even great effort in the end. But they aren't, so they can't and won't...for a few million years at least.
more appropriate title: dolphins steal stingray's food
The part that gets me is the stingray turning to look at the dolphin as it made off with its would-have-been meal like "son of a bitch"
People think it’s cute, because of the dolphin but it’s just another example for a toxic relationship 😂
He No: Yep, the dolphin just takes, takes, takes and never gives
If it stings, you’re not using enough lube….
If I were the sting ray I’d say, I’m not finding you anymore squid unless I get a cut.
Lol the stingray is just like “….bro”
Such an intelligent creature.
It's like a human using a dog to flush out the prey.
No it's not. Humans feeds their dogs. Here, the dolphins are robbing what the rays are hunting.
@@Warrior_Resisting_Colonialism It's the same mechanism, as his point, not a comment on morality.
@@SanguineMalcontent No sh!t d ic k tra cey lol. You didn't seriously think your comment was going to educate me about that difference did you? Seriously? lol
@@Warrior_Resisting_Colonialism There is no robbing in animal kingdom, we don't only feed dogs, we completely control them.
When you wonder if something is wrong with your phone's speaker, it's the dolphin communicating
Dolphins are like Peter Pan. Playful, smart, and likes to appear cute.
Stingays? 🤣
Beautiful animal, and the dolphins are beautiful as well.
0:19 Zit and Pimple, whoever gave those dolphins those names must’ve played too much Battletoads 😜
We want BBC Stingay T-shirts and hoodies!!
Incrível ...a precaução e o golpe certeiro na presa! Oh, impressionante BBC por este momento maravilhoso que nos mostra a inteligência que está espécie adorável...os golfinhos!!
Adorável quando são porque as vezes não são 😅
mysterious underwater world, i love it! it is as exciting as above Nature.!Thank you BBC Earth realy love what you are giving us to watch and understand somehow natural Life, we are part of it! 💞
"Stingrays are just tools" -Edgy Dolphin
Classic Stingay move KEKW
No offense dolphins, seems like your putting more work into following the stingray and possibly being killed then it would take just to swim and find something
While dolphins are shadowing them, the rays are guarded from sharks and other predators. The octopus is basically protection money paid by the rays to dolphins.
Bullsht
Dolphin : Good Boy Stingy!! What did you find there? Heel.
Makes sense. I can honestly say I've never hunted octopus without a stingray.
It would be incredible to swim with those animals!
Unless you’re Steve Irwin
I learned a bunch of things from this video. Love seeing sea animals hunting together
Its more like the dolphin stole stringray octopus 😂
Those sneaky critters that hide behind the fake smile. Like some humans.
A symbiotic relationship where the stingray does the hard work the dolphin eats and the stingray dies of starvation.
Poor octopus, such an intelligent animal.
I was thinking the same thing; feeling sorry for the octopus.
Misleading.
The title practically implies tool use, but the video just shows dolphins following stingrays around then stealing their food.
Actually, your words explain another comment in the thread. You might want to have a look at the way you use words though. That's not what I got from them. There are many ways to 'use' things, and this is passive use, but it does require forethought, planning, and observation as a skill set, and that's 'use' by any understanding of the word.
@@ValeriePallaoro The writer was entirely aware of their intent and effect. It's borderline click bait. Misleading.
Remember that bully who always waiting you to open your lunch box?
And then the stingray with its massive barb takes out its frustration on the diver holding the camera
Woweee dolphins are awesome creatures for sure and they are insanely smart... I just now noticed the sounds dolphins make are similar to the noise a metal detector makes... I love watching these @BBCearth videos as they are informative and at times heartwarming even heartbreaking (when the polar bear caught the seal) but the animals have to survive. I've only one complaint really and that is it's hard to hear the narrator at times over the sounds in the video the captions are set to auto generate but they don't always come on screen.. but if I had to rate BBCearth it would be 5 stars all around or a 100 out of 10 because the content is just awesome!
I, as a gay guy, have never helped a dolphin hunt an octopus before and i frankly find the mere notion of being involved in something so inane preposterous and silly
😄
Think of it: An octopus is a snack. It wiggles in your mouth as you bite down on it. Absolutely delicious. There are no pots to clean and they're already pre-seasoned with fresh salt water. Yummy!
hundreds of thousands years later, the dolphins will have their own leashed puppies --- stingray-dog
Is a stingay like a stingray but only fabulous?!?
And sparkly
Like using pigs for truffles! Amazing!
Dolphins are retaliating for a sting ray taking out Irwin. Starving them.
Once the stingrays figure it out, they'll shoot the barbs at the dolphins..lol