May 1, 2009: Not A Shark

[xoxoxoBruce]

Don't give me no crap, this is not a shark, it's a Dolphin.
Granted it's a funny looking Dolphin called a Snubfin, but hey it's an Aussie Dolphin so that explains it.
And it's not only funny looking it also spits, more accurately it shoots water jets from it's mouth to round up fish.

A rare species of Australian dolphin has been found to catch its fish prey by spitting water, according to research by WWF. The small snubfin dolphins hunt in groups and use their spitting technique to round up fish they have chased to the surface by firing jets of water from their mouths.

The unusual behaviour has only been observed in one other dolphin species, the Irrawaddy dolphin, which lives throughout south and south-east Asia.

Unfortunately, we have to come up with recipes quickly for this one.

New research by WWF indicates that Australia's heavily populated coastline and rapidly expanding tourist developments near environmental wonders, such as the Great Barrier Reef, could see this species disappear before it is properly understood.

So fire up the bogan barbie, baby... let's get cookin'.

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