What is the best fisher in the animal kingdom?

Judged on catching fish, not on looking good doing it. That distinction moves at least one famous name a long way down.

1. 1
   Orca

   Hunts in coordinated pods and teaches herring-herding techniques between generations.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Osprey

   A fish specialist with reversible outer toes and a strike success rate above one in four.
   927pts
3. 3
   African Fish Eagle

   The voice of Africa's lakes, and a close relative of the bald eagle with the same habits.
   877pts
4. 4
   Fishing Cat

   A South Asian wild cat with partly webbed feet that dives after fish.
   800pts
5. 5
   Grizzly Bear

   Stands in a waterfall and takes salmon out of the air during the run.
   600pts
6. 6
   Sea Otter

   Carries a favourite rock in an armpit pouch to break open shellfish.
   600pts
7. 7
   Great Blue Heron

   Stands motionless for minutes, then spears with a strike faster than the eye follows.
   600pts
8. 8
   Common Bottlenose Dolphin

   Uses mud-ring feeding, beach-stranding and cooperation with human fishermen in Brazil.
   466pts
9. 9
   Common Kingfisher

   Dives from a perch and corrects for water refraction before it hits the surface.
   466pts
10. 10
    Great Cormorant

    Swims down after fish; trained cormorants have fished Japanese and Chinese rivers for centuries.
    466pts
11. 11
    Northern Gannet

    Folds its wings and enters the water at a hundred kilometres an hour.
    466pts
12. 12
    Bald Eagle

    Catches its own fish, and also waits for an osprey to catch one first.
    0pts
13. 13
    Brown Pelican

    The only pelican that plunge-dives, hitting the water from up to twenty metres.
    0pts
14. 14
    Archerfish

    Shoots a jet of water to knock insects off overhanging leaves, adjusting for refraction.
    0pts
15. 15
    Humpback Whale

    Blows a spiral of bubbles to trap a whole school, then swallows it in one lunge.
    0pts

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