Daniel Lukic hasn't been flying drones for lengthy, however his seize of a college of cownose rays off the coast of Australia is sufficient to persuade you that he's a grasp.
The beginner videographer based mostly in Sydney was at Forster Seaside when he was fortunate sufficient to be current along with his tools throughout a uncommon migration of those rays as they handed by.
Numbered within the tons of, the video of Lukic taken from above makes it seem like somebody threw confetti into the water.
“There have been most likely 400 or 500, perhaps much more. It appears to be like virtually good,” he instructed ABC Information AU. “I'm fairly excited once I see this type of factor as a result of it's a singular second in time the place it ought to be right here.”
Marine biologists talking to ABC recommend that maybe the rays collect in such giant numbers (which is named a “fever” moderately than a college) as a method of safety like different fish. The IUCN classifies the cownose ray as “knowledge poor”, and thus has nothing to say concerning the animal's conservation standing.
In accordance with ABC, they’re usually seen in fevers of about 100 people, however the measurement that Lukic was capable of document is both extraordinarily uncommon, or not uncommon and scientists have no idea a lot about their habits.
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Nonetheless, biologists stated their footage can go a protracted solution to rising scientific data of the animal.
Lukic additionally recorded pods of dolphins swimming alongside sharks, which you’ll be able to watch on his channel @Ausdronepilot.
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