One thousand seals versus one million sardines, I wouldn't want to be a sardine.
A first for us to see the miltary precision of the seals to steer the sardine shoal into the bay. The seals form groups and the groups surround the sardine shoal. Once they have the sardines in the bay they scare them by attacking them and then the sardines form a ball shape to try and protect themselves.
The seals then dive through the bait ball filling their stomachs with fish
Come and look!
What is a bait ball?
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An unparalleled concentration of marine predators, including seabirds, sharks, game fish and marine mammals follow these shoals on their sardine run
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That dark spot in the sea is the sardine shoal surrounded and driven by the seals.
This group of seals was at the lead of the shoal and seals dive down to attack the front of the shoal in order to guide them in the direction where the seals can feast on them.
Feeding time and sheer mayhem as the seals started diving through the bait ball.
An unholy partnership of seals and birds feasted on the sardines during the whole morning.
But Wait! What was this and where was he going?
What? Never will anyone get me in a canoe while all of this feeding is going on. Maybe a color blind Killer Shark will think that I am a big fish and a happy breakfast for him.
And there you have it folks, as we had a very adventurous morning for a change and I came back from this trip with more than 1000 photos.
It was indeed one of the most amazing sights that I have ever seen.
Especially the precision of the seals as they fetched and guided the sardine shoal into the bay.
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Note: Except for the Bait Ball photo (cited), all of the other photos are my own and taken with a Canon Powershot SX60HS Bridge camera.
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