6 Incredible Animal Hunting Techniques

You’ve seen the most common way on the discovery channel, but what about the animals that have unique ways of killing their food? Claws and teeth are one way to catch a meal, but here are six animals that have evolved some pretty different hunting techniques! Hank Green hosts this fun and informative new episode of SciShow.

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SOURCES:

Frogfish
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/205/4411/1161
https://www.waikikiaquarium.org/experience/animal-guide/fishes/frogfishes/frogfish/
http://www.critter.ch/Frogfish-Anglerfisch/Teresa_Zuberbuehler_2018_Frogfishes-Southeast-Asia-Maldives-Red-Sea.pdf
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/2938

Bolas Spider
https://www.nature.com/news/2002/020624/full/news020617-14.html
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs004420050347
https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev.en.39.010194.000501
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233060388_A_Review_on_Spider_Silk_Adhesion
https://asknature.org/strategy/wings-allow-escape-from-spider-webs/#.W9t5LHo2rs0

Humpback Whale
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110624083516.htm
https://www.alaskawhalefoundation.org/research-1/
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/533dfcebe4b0cf4885e5162a/t/534efe4de4b0e7399e106e5a/1397685837754/Sharpe+-+PHD+dissertation+%28SocialForagingOfHumpbacks%29.pdf
http://www.naturalhistorymag.com/biomechanics/082067/as-the-whale-turns
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17051544?dopt=Abstract

Pistol Shrimp
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/289/5487/2114
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-14312-0
https://www.wired.com/2014/07/absurd-creature-of-the-week-pistol-shrimp/
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20160129-the-shrimp-that-has-turned-bubbles-into-a-lethal-weapon

Stoat
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0074tkf

13 things you never knew about weasels, from taking on rabbits to squeezing through wedding rings

http://karlshuker.blogspot.com/2011/02/mesmerising-mustelids-and-dance-of.html
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Human
https://www.nature.com/articles/nature03052

Humans hot, sweaty, natural-born runners

https://slate.com/culture/2012/06/long-distance-running-and-evolution-why-humans-can-outrun-horses-but-cant-jump-higher-than-cats.html
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=826HMLoiE_o