This week on Saltwater Stories we journey into the warm blue waters of the tropics to meet one of the ocean’s most misunderstood predators the barracuda. From its legendary partnership with ancient Hawaiian fishermen to its fifty million year reign as a master of speed and survival this episode reveals the barracuda as far more than a fearsome silhouette in the reef. We explore its astonishing biological design from rocket powered muscle and razor sharp dual teeth to night vision eyes and a sensory system that can feel the movement of prey in total darkness. Along the way we uncover the many species that make up the barracuda family the hidden role they play in protecting coral reefs and the quiet coastal nurseries their future depends on. This is the story of an apex predator that is also a guardian a living machine shaped by deep time and now standing at a crossroads in a changing ocean.

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