Hydroplaning Dolphins BBC Planet Earth

In Western Australia, these dolphins have taken on an even tougher challenge. The fish have taken refuge close to the beach where the water is only a few centimeters deep. Tailslapping is a method dolphins often use to stun their prey, but it doesn t seem to work here. The fish are tantalizingly close, but they re still out of reach. So the dolphins try another technique. Vigorously pumping their tails, they work up some speed and then they hydroplane. Their momentum carries them right through the shallowest waters and onto the fish. Now they re in real danger of being stranded. But fortune favors the brave. Younger dolphins lie alongside, watching. But, so far, only eight individuals here have mastered this daring technique.