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In the salt marshes of south
carolina is a rich ocean estuary
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a nursery for fish and shellfish
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and a lure for all kinds
of predators.
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Every day as
the tide ebbs,
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the broad mud banks
become exposed.
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It is then an extraordinary
event occurs.
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Seabirds vie for
a front row position.
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They have an intense
interest in what is to come.
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The predators regroup
for another coordinated attack.
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These are bottlenose dolphins
among the most inventive
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and intelligent
hunters in the sea.
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Here they locate schools of
small fish in the turbid channels.
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Then in a stunning maneuver,
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they rush up the mudflats