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This is straight out of horror movies. Those lower in the food chain face these horrors on a daily basis.
I had to Google more info on sea snakes and here is what I found. Sea snakes don't have gills to breath under water so they surface periodically to breathe, but they can also absorb some oxygen from the water through their skin and they only hunt prey small enough that they can swallow it whole. I think I'd be a little nervous diving among such a mass of snakes.
Salute to the cameraman!🫡
Imagine having to deal with a pack of flying snakes on a day to day basis
I don't know but snakes swimming under water is like totally creepy.
New fear unlocked lol
Thank goodness I'm a land animal😮
Fascinating! Also the stuff of nightmares 😂 2:18
The sight of 30 venomous sea snakes forming a hunting alliance with trevally is absolutely mind-blowing. Seeing nature coordinate across species like this feels like a glitch in the matrix. It is heartbreaking to think such a spectacular phenomenon only survives in 6% of these reefs now. Sir David Attenborough and the BBC team are truly legends for capturing this.
Incredible to see sea snakes hunting together like that, truly fascinating
Well that’s terrifying in a beautiful sort of way.
Cool, never knew sea snakes could hunt in groups like this.
I ended up looking into sea snakes, and what I found was fascinating. They don’t have gills, so they still need to surface for air, but they can absorb a small amount of oxygen through their skin, allowing them to stay submerged longer. They also tend to hunt prey small enough to swallow whole, which makes their movements quick and efficient. Still… I have to admit, the thought of diving among a massive swarm of them would make me pretty uneasy 😅
Seems like there is no getting away from snakes- anywhere!
In the ocean, survival often depends on timing and opportunity rather than raw power alone.
A lot going on under the sea🤣
Pack-hunting snakes….
I love how they move as a group. It's sad how rare this has become.
Snakes swimming under water just look wrong
Who is watching BBC Earth from childhood❤