back to article Adorable, much-loved SEAHORSES are VICIOUS SLURPING KILLERS

Seahorses may appear to be magical, happy underwater creatures, but they're actually vicious predators, capable of catching even the fleetest of their prey unawares despite the fact that they're terrible swimmers. A yellow female kuda seahorse Oh my God! Swim for your lives, it's a yellow female kuda seahorse Seahorses are …

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  1. FartingHippo
    Happy

    Isn't nature amazing?

    That is all.

    1. Dave 126 Silver badge

      Re: Isn't nature amazing?

      Nature. And lasers.

    2. Frumious Bandersnatch

      Re: Isn't nature amazing?

      They've got nothing on supercavitating mantis shrimp, imo. But yeah, nature again.

  2. TRT Silver badge

    Two of the authors...

    come from Texas. Yeeeehaaaawwww!!! Saddle up and ride 'em scuba-boy.

  3. John Smith 19 Gold badge
    Happy

    I think the "no wake" zone might also be worthy of further study.

    It's pretty tricky to design.

    1. Number6
      Coat

      Re: I think the "no wake" zone might also be worthy of further study.

      Most teenagers have a "no wake" zone, usually in the morning.

  4. asdf
    Unhappy

    > two to three milliseconds the copepod needs to escape.

    Two orders of magnitude faster than a human can react. But still plenty of time for Goldman Sach's trading bots to take a slice out of the trades being done by us peons.

  5. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    No video?

    Most disappointed --- especially after lasers and microscopes had been mentioned.

    Can we at least have a playmobile reconstruction?

    1. Brian Miller

      Re: No video?

      Figure 2: Reconstructed high speed holographic video frame sequence of H. zosterae feeding on A. tonsa.

      It's over in just six frames. Not enough for a video.

      I love the hunting strategy: sneak sneak sneak NAB

    2. Neil Greatorex

      Re: No video?

      The video can be seen on the beeb. If you can't find it, you're a cabbage!

      The abstract is linked at the bottom of the "article"; move your mouse cursor over the underlined "hyperlink" thingy... and, maybe, click it !

      Any Playmobile reconstruction should seriously remain in your head. It's not funny any more. I could say "you're holding it wrong", but that's not funny either. Please don't link to XCK/Dilbert/Peanuts they're not funny either.

      Seriously Lewis? You're Ed now, you reckon reposting articles, almost verbatim, in order *just* to present 70's redtop head & strap lines, is the way forward?

      I'm seriously thinking of cancelling my subscription!.............

      1. Frumious Bandersnatch

        Re: No video?

        It's not funny any more.

        Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.

        1. Neil Greatorex

          Re: No video?

          10 squids a month, me old mackerel, should suffice.

  6. i like crisps
    Coat

    "seahorses are vicious slurping killers"

    Neigh, Neighhhh....

  7. Robert Heffernan
    Trollface

    3D Volume

    I would hope you keep the Seahorse in a 3D Volume of water. Things would get messy fast if you tried to put it into a 2D Plane!

  8. Frumious Bandersnatch

    People often don't think of seahorses as amazing predators

    Me too. I don't think of them as amazing predators. Often.

  9. Measurer
    Happy

    Computer Game angle?

    May I be the first to Patent: 'Splinter Cell - Cetacean Surprise!'

  10. Zuagroasta

    Very interesting... As I recall, the US Navy was very keen on finding a way to eliminate wakes from its ships some years ago...

    1. Anonymous Coward
      Anonymous Coward

      The UK solved it

      Scrap your fleet !!!

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