Nov 12
2013
Helicopter ride reveals enormous mass of anchovies, herded by dolphins and whales
When small fish are threatened by large fish or much larger marine mammals in the open ocean, instinct demands that the small fish group together to try to appear larger as a group.
But it’s not often that one of these swirling bait balls contains perhaps millions of anchovies and is large enough to dwarf, by many times, some of the largest predators to roam the ocean.
Nor is it often that a photographer and videographer just happen to be flying overhead when one of these remarkable spectacles plays out.
The accompanying image was captured this week off Ventura, California, by Liz Vernand, who was a passenger with Channel Islands Helicopters.
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