Astounding footage shows humpback whales teaming up with California sea lions to hunt in Monterey Bay - BBC Wildlife Magazine
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Swimming downwards, the whale pelts head-first towards a large group of sea lions. After it opens its mouth and takes a huge gulp of fish, a sea lion darts across its back in hot pursuit of an anchovy that got away.
This is a glimpse of some of the footage captured when marine researchers in Monterey Bay, California, put video tags on humpback whales and watched them lunge feeding on bait balls.
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