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Mud plume feeding (or mud ring fishing) is a cooperative feeding behavior seen in bottlenose dolphins on the lower coast of Florida.[1] Dolphins use this hunting technique to forage and trap fish. A single dolphin will swim in a circle around a group of fish, swiftly moving his tail along the sand to create a plume[2]. This creates a temporary net around the fish and they become disoriented. The fish begin jumping above the surface, so the dolphins can lunge through the plume and catch the fish.
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- Single dolphin in the group will begin to swim with his tail moving along the sand; initial appearance of suspended sediment will appear
- As the dolphin moves in a circle, the plume begins to grow
- Cessation of plume growth and repositioning of dolphin in orientation to the plume
- Dolphin lunges through the plume into the group of trapped fish
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Sources[edit]
- ^ Berta, Annalisa (2015). Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises: A Natural History and Species Guide. University of Chicago Press.
- ^ Lewis, Jennifer (01/2003). "Mud Plume Feeding, a Unique Foraging Behavior of Bottlenose Dolphin in the Florida Keys". Gulf of Mexico Science.
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