Feeding Frenzy

Disclaimer: this post has nothing whatsoever to do with my usual subjects of skiing, ski teaching, life in the mountains, or sociological considerations for outdoor play time for children. It does, however, have to do with time spent outdoors observing nature unaffected by man and how fundamentally cool it can be. I spent some time on a boat on the salt water Kiawah River in South Carolina this morning. It's not exactly the middle of an enormous national park, but there is a remarkable abundance of wildlife and unspoiled natural landscape here, including a great deal of wetlands and waterways. The short excursion this morning was intended to observe a variety of native Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphins known locally as River Dolphins, and the animals did not disappoint. The video below is of a practice unique to the local dolphin population referred to as "strand feeding", where multiple dolphins corral a school of fish by swimming around them on multiple sides, stranding them on the banks of the river and then chowing down like it's a buffet line at one of the local golf resorts. It's really pretty amazing to see, and I'm pretty lucky to have gotten it on film. Enjoy.