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Beware the Sand Striker

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The Unsuspecting Prey

In Blue Planet 2, Attenborough introduces the sand striker as the sun disappears. We do not see the worm for over a minute following the looping path of an ill-fated reef fish. It is hard to watch something and know it will die, but there is nothing I can change. A worm cannot shirk a duty, it does not know, but we can.

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