5 Marine Creatures With The Best Natural Weapons

Описание: Which marine creatures have the best natural weapons? In this video I will be trying to answer that question and many more as I will be going through 5 marine creatures with the best natural weapons. Many creatures have natural weapons either to defend themselves or to help them catch their prey. In this video I will be going through the mantis shrimp, the cone snail, the thresher sharks, stingrays, and the sawsharks.

Attributions:

Thresher shark images:
Klaus Stiefel
https://www.flickr.com/photos/pacific...
(CC BY-NC 2.0)
GNM503:001
http://kulturarvsdata.se/gnm/photo/ht...
(CC BY 4.0)

Thresher shark footage:
Ben Lo
   / @benlo7845  
Ultimate Diving
   / @ultimatedivingcouk  
Sunken Ejay
   / @sunkenejay2211  
Manta Manta Diving Bali
   / @mantamantadivingbali4515  

Cone snail images:
Patrick Randall
https://www.flickr.com/photos/animali...
(CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
Harry Rose
https://www.flickr.com/photos/macleay...
(CC BY 2.0)
Ria Tan
https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildsin...
(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
James St. John
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jsjgeol...
(CC BY 2.0)

Cone snail footage:
Ria Tan
https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildsin...
(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
France 3 Grand Est
   / @france3grandest  
Bali Blue Diving
https://vimeo.com/user16579722
(CC BY-SA 3.0)

Mantis shrimp images:
prilfish
https://www.flickr.com/photos/silkeba...
(CC BY 2.0)
Jens Petersen
(CC BY-SA 3.0)
Patrick Randall
https://www.flickr.com/photos/animali...
(CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

Mantis shrimp footage:
jeff~
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jphotos/
(CC BY 2.0)
Dive Guam
   / @birdseyegaming9  
Stephen Greenstein
   / @stephengreenstein1775  
Adventures Underwater by Henning Laatsch
   • 6 ADVENTURES UNDERWATER Mantis kicks stick  
Mix Videos
   / @mixvideos5550  
womdig1
   / @womdig1  

Stingray images:
Ocean Frontiers Diving Adventures
https://www.flickr.com/photos/oceanfr...
(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Bluespotted Ribbontail Ray, Taeniura lymma
Derek Keats
https://www.flickr.com/people/9324295...
(CC BY 2.0)

Stingray footage:
Percita
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dittmars/
(CC BY-SA 2.0)
RomanAYZ
   / @romanayz1558  

Sawfish images:
Simon Fraser University - Communications & Marketing
https://www.flickr.com/photos/sfupamr/
(CC BY 2.0)
FWC Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
https://www.flickr.com/photos/myfwc/
(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
fsamuels
https://www.flickr.com/photos/fsamuels/
(CC BY-SA 2.0)
FWC Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
https://www.flickr.com/photos/myfwc/
(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Holiday Point
https://www.flickr.com/photos/holiday...
(CC BY 2.0)
FWC Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
https://www.flickr.com/photos/myfwc/
(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Shrimp images:
Hans Hillewaert
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Us...
CC BY-SA 4.0
Chan T. Y. & Lin C. W.
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/47396...
(CC BY 4.0)
Clara Costa D'Elia
Acervo pessoal da autora, comissionado pela ONG Rare Brasil.
(CC BY 4.0)

Crab image:
Joelnorman
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
(CC BY-SA 4.0)

Tiger shark image:
Willy Volk
https://www.flickr.com/photos/volk/
(CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

For our first species we will be heading to tropical oceans as we have the mantis shrimp. Mantis shrimp aren't actually shrimp. Mantis shrimp have some of the most effective smashing clubs in the animal kingdom.

For our next species we will be heading to deep temperate oceans as we have the thresher sharks. Thresher sharks are some of the most elegant sharks in the world. Thresher sharks use their elongated tails to helps them whip fish.

For our next species we will be heading to shallow coastal areas as we have the cone snails. Most aquatic snails are very slow and underwhelming but the cone snails are actually prolific predators. These snails are venomous and use their specialised tooth to help them catch worms and fish.

For our next species we will be heading to all oceans worldwide as we have the stingrays. There are many species of stingray on the planet today and they have a not so secret weapon. Stingrays don't use their barbs to catch prey as they're used for self defence.

For our final species we will be heading to brackish coastal waters as we have the sawfish. Sawfish are some of the largest fish in the ocean but unfortunately today most of them are critically endangered. Sawfish use their so called saw to help them detect and catch their prey.

If you know of any other creatures with natural weapons then let me know in the comments below?
Thanks for watching I hope you enjoyed :)