3. Bottlenose dolphins

Let’s take a moment to appreciate how beautiful these creatures really are. It’s incredible to see them in their natural habitat and very unique experience. They’re known to be very smart, even smarter than the Tv show “Flipper” lets us see.

What’s very interesting about dolphins, is that they usually hunt in groups. They eat a wide variety of fish, squids, and shrimps, depending very much on their geographic location. They have many hunting techniques to attract the prey, but one of the strangest is when they create “mud nets” that force fish to jump out of the water, straight into their mouths.

They create the “mud nets” by hitting the ocean floor with their tail, a method that makes the mud stir while creating a whirlpooling ring. As an effect, fish will jump out of the water, where the bottlenose dolphins would be with their mouths wide open, enjoying the hunt. It’s important to mention that they take turns, some of them stay on the ocean floor and create the “mud nets” while the others are waiting for the prey with their mouths open. After they’ve had enough, they switch turns.

Their clever method was even captured on the BBC Earth, and it’s pretty incredible to watch.

4. Glowworms

Glowworms look amazing but I’m sure all the flying insects hate them because they’re deadly. They’re very pretty on the eye but very, very dangerous. These illuminated larvae are a huge tourist attraction in several areas of New Zealand. They thrive in dark and humid environments, where they can show off their special glow.

They use their glow as a unique hunting method that attracts prey. The insects are attracted by the blue light, which is actually a trap, as they get stuck in the sticky hanging lines. The glowworms begin drawing up the hanging line and enjoy the delicious meal. If an insect gets too close, the chances of it escaping are very low.

The glowworms can eat only when they’re in the larvae stage. They usually stay in that stage for nine months. After becoming fungus gnats, they can’t feed anymore as they don’t have mouths.

However, an adult fungus gnat lives only for three days, just enough time for them to reproduce and lay eggs.