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This is Scientific American 60-Second Science. I'm Katherine Harmon. Got a minute?

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They're called thresher sharks.

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But perhaps thrasher is more accurate.

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Because a population of these fearsome predators was spotted engaging in an unusual hunting strategy.

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Forget jaws, try the other end.

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Researchers observed them slapping their long, scythe-like tails at high speeds through the water.

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These whaps stunned or killed several smaller fish with each strike.

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The observations were made off the coast of the Philippines.

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Killer whales and dolphins also may use a similar tail-slapping strategy.

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But this is the first time the behavior has been seen in sharks.

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Although the formidable, three-meter-long pelagic thresher shark seems able to catch food face-first,

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the ability to immobilize more than one fish at a time makes the method highly efficient.

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The findings are in the journal PLoS ONE.

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These sharks used both vertical and horizontal tail slaps to capture prey,

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which were stunned or killed either by direct impact or by a shockwave from the smack.

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More than a third of the vertical slaps resulted in a meal for the shark,

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better stats than when sharks chased prey head on.

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And that's no tall tale.

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Thanks for the minute, for Scientific American 60-Second Science. I'm Katherine Harmon.

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