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00:00Now when it comes to the business of traveling the ocean, your best bet is to get someone

00:05else to do the hard work for you.

00:07And this guy is the ultimate ocean hitchhiker.

00:13Meet the remora, also known as the sucker fish for obvious reasons.

00:21These guys have adopted an amazing way of getting about.

00:25From the back of their head, this odd looking area of special bones and muscles can be used

00:30to stick, like a suction cup, onto a host of the remora's choosing.

00:36It certainly beats the bus, but is it as easy as it looks?

00:41Let's find out.

00:44I've got my sucker, which on a remora would be attached to the head.

00:47Mode of transportation, all I need now is a suitable host, and I think one's right here.

00:59So I've attached myself to my marine mammal and now I'm sitting pretty.

01:05The benefits here are that I don't actually need to expend any energy to stay attached.

01:11This all works on a passive muscle mechanism, like standing up, you don't even know you're

01:15doing it.

01:19Remoras have been known to latch onto boats or even scuba divers, but are usually found

01:24hanging out on sharks, rays and turtles.

01:30The hosts don't usually seem to mind, not that they have much of a choice in the matter.

01:36And this mode of megafauna transport has the added benefit of safety for the remora, because

01:41ain't nobody going to try and eat you when you're attached to the side of a massive shark.

01:47Also, the faster the host moves, the tighter the suction.

01:53Frankly, I'm living La Vida, but the only thing better than a free ride is a free lunch.

02:00Feeding time, yeah, come on.

02:04Higher, John, higher.

02:07No.

02:08Now the remora is perfectly placed to feed on all the scraps left over from the messy

02:16feeding host, and some of it can be a really quite high prize indeed, but it's not easy

02:22being a remora, because that food is coming fast and furious.

02:29Tasty.

02:30Tasty.

02:36What?

02:37I'm hungry.

02:39Even though remoras get up close and personal with their host, they aren't actually on the

02:44menu.

02:45These brave mothersuckers have even been found clinging on inside sharks' mouths.

02:50Now, that's what I call putting your money where your mouth is.

02:53But it's often not just food scraps.

02:56In fact, the majority of the remora diet is actually faeces.

03:01Feed me, Tony!

03:05Yes, you heard me right.

03:07The remora's meal of choice is poop.

03:11But thankfully, the crew know I prefer chocolate brownies.

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