Sharks and Fish Form Unlikely Hunting Duo | A Perfect Planet
Blacktip reef sharks.
They are bigger and more powerful than trevally.
Just fast or as agile.
The hardy heads are well aware of them,
but so long as they stay just out of reach,
they have little to fear.
And now the sharks and the trevally join forces.
Together they enter the shallows,
each looking for a chance to attack.
The trevally make the first move,
the hardy heads take refuge again in the waves.
And this is what the sharks have been waiting for.
Surging forwards, they chase the hardy heads out of the water,
beating themselves in a daring bid to hoover up their prey.
The hardy heads that escaped the sharks swim back out to deeper water,
but into the mouths of the trevally.
Now the receding waves help to pull the sharks back into deeper water.
In the chaos, the seabirds get their chance.
It's a feeding frenzy in only 10 centimetres of water.