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The Deadly Fish That Changes Colour to Hunt | 20 Years of Planet Earth | BBC Earth

Sailfish close in on their prey with remarkable efficiency, using minimal energy while changing colour to confuse them. Celebrate 20 years of Planet Earth. Head over to the webpage to find out more: https://www.bbcearth.com/shows/planet-earth #PlanetEarth #DavidAttenborough #PE20 Subscribe: http://bit.ly/BBCEarthSub Sign up to our newsletter for the latest news, updates and exclusives from BBC Earth https://www.bbcearth.com/newsletter Watch more: Best of BBC Earth 🌍 https://bit.ly/BestOfBBCEarth Best Animal Fights 🥊 https://bit.ly/BestAnimalFights Videos over 10 minutes ⏰ https://bit.ly/3SHJCEJ Planet Earth III 🌍 https://bit.ly/PlanetEarthIIIPlaylist Frozen Planet II ❄️ https:/bit.ly/FrozenPlanetIIPlaylist Blue Planet II in 4K 🌊 https://bit.ly/BluePlanetII4kPlaylist Welcome to BBC EARTH! The world is an amazing place full of stories, beauty and natural wonder. Here you'll find 50 years worth of entertaining and thought-provoking natural history content. Dramatic, rare, and exclusive, nature doesn't get more exciting than this. This is a commercial page from BBC Studios. Service information and feedback: http://bbcworldwide.com/vod-feedback--contact-details.aspx

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amanda.knight 1 month ago

❤❤😂😅😅😮😮😢

angela.patterson
angela.patterson 1 month ago

1:15 when a fish knows how to use a turn signals better than most BMW owners😂

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megan_miller 1 month, 2 weeks ago

They’re among some of the fastest fish in the ocean. Black Marlin(82mph), Sailfish(68mph, Swordfish (60mph).

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rafaél_gastélum 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Sir David… (or your editor)… please can you tell me if there is a “collective noun” for a group of sailfish?

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lucieadam19 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Fantástico nosso Mundo Maravilhoso amém 🙏🇧🇷🌎🐕🐑🐖🐕‍🦺

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marcelladörschner483 1 month, 2 weeks ago

TY BBC Earth. Ths is incredible video and information

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sherrybaker792 1 month, 2 weeks ago

With humans harvesting so much of the biomass out of the oceans, pickings are getting slimmer for species higher in the oceanic food chain including sailfish, sharks, whales, other marine mammals.

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hans-hinrichhendriks264 1 month, 2 weeks ago

My question is, if we assume that the Sailfish are swimming in different areas of the Ocean, how do 100 signal to one another that a bait fish school has been found?

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nermin.täsche 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Sailfish can swim 🏊‍♀️ faster than Usain Bolt can run 🏃 let that sink in!

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vasudhamalhotra949 1 month, 2 weeks ago

The best narrated on the planet , thank you .

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william_grant 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Hey BBC Earth channel, upload more videos of Tigers, Elephants, Lions, and Crocodiles, those are good and I like them.

ashleyjames985
ashleyjames985 1 month, 2 weeks ago

And where was this 🤔

vincent_keer
vincent_keer 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Pacific Oceans 🌊 😮

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robinhollow77 1 month, 2 weeks ago

What makes this even more fascinating is the efficiency behind it. Sailfish don’t just rely on speed-they optimize energy use while actively confusing their prey with rapid color changes. It’s a perfect mix of physiology and strategy shaped by evolution.

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agathe_prévost 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Essa mudança de cor é impressionante. Um disfarce perfeito da natureza. Usar menos energia e aumentar o sucesso.

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martin_hayes 1 month, 2 weeks ago

A fish that can change color to hunt—pure genius or the ultimate ambush predator? Do you think camouflage is its greatest weapon here?

pedrolucas.abreu
pedrolucas.abreu 1 month, 3 weeks ago

It is my absolute dream to study the ocean… what a beautiful planet we live on oh my gosh

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michelle.ortega 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Sehr schön Gruß Jürgen 🤠

kabir_khalsa
kabir_khalsa 1 month, 3 weeks ago

World Law

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pénélopevaleon83 1 month, 3 weeks ago

The color changing ability of this fish is truly fascinating such a refined hunting strategy that prey barely has a chance to notice the danger