. >> reporter: we met scott snyder on his boat.event called stranding for the secret life of predators. watch this. the dolphins actually beat themselves on purpose, setting a kind of trap for their prey. >> they make a bow wave and it throws and crashes the mull et onto the beach and they lay there on their sides, mouth open, waiting, trying to catch the mull its. >> before they beach as we witnessed, they talk. the rewards may be big, but so are the risks. >> if they sit up there too long they can crush internal organs or burn. >> reporter: another potential risk, tourists, as word spreads about this secret speck tackle, exercises worry the dolphins will shy away. snyder says understanding these creatures is the key to protecting them. >> the jump into their world and see how they tick. >> you can see more of lindsey's reporting tonight on "nightline." and as we leave you tonight, we love that so many of you sent us your pictures of that harvest moon last night. here are a few of them. there are more of them an abcnews.com. as we

cute killers, "nightline" traveled to folly beach, south carolina where we met up with filmmaker scott snyderut on his boat. snyder is a director of photography at national gee graphic and wrapped work on the secret life of predators. among expected tales of lions and tigers, there is another more surprising group of predators, dolphin. who happen to live right here in snyder's own backyard. the bottle the nosed dolphins here have a secret. they have taught themselves an extra ordinary and death defying technique to track their prey. it's called stranding. >> it truly is a world class behavior. it's -- an amazing thing to witness. >> watch this. they actually beach themselves on purpose. >> they make a big wave. and it throws, sort of crashes and breaks all these, on to the beach. then they lay there on their side. mouths open. waiting trying to catch them. >> and before they beach, as we witnessed, they talk. >> oh, yeah. >> hearing a lot of clicks, whistles. then all of a sudden there is a strong vocalization. right before they're going to strand. there they are. >> reporter: after hours of

. >> reporter: we met photographer scott snyder on his boat.event called stranding for the secret life of predators. watch this. the dolphins actually beat themselves on purpose, setting a kind of trap for their prey. >> they make a bow wave and it throws and crashes the mullet onto the beach and they lay there on their sides, mouths open, waiting, trying to catch the mullets. >> reporter: before they beach, as we witnessed, they talk. the rewards may be big, but so are the risks. >> if they sit up there too long they can crush internal organs or burn. >> reporter: another potential risk, tourists. as word spreads about the secret spectacle, experts worry the dolphins will shy away, abandoning this vital hunting technique. snyder says understanding these creatures is the key to protecting them. >> the best part of the job to jump into somebody's world and really get to know an animal on a really sort of intimate level and see how it ticks. >> reporter: linzie janis, abc news, south carolina. >> you can see more of linzie's reporting on "nightli

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scheduled speakers included governor scott walker of wisconsin, bobby jindal of louisiana, rand paul and john thune and karl rove and lance priebus, rick snyder conference and said he'll seek re-election next year. local tea party actists upset with his support for expanding medicaid in the state were hoping they could recruit a challenger before the conference, but were unable do that, though. for more on the battle over the future of the national republican party, i want to bring in former illinois republican state chairman pat brady, he joins the rest of the panel. and, pat, you know, we'll start with you, you have aspective th. we're talking about the republican battle and the national battle and you're out there in the states. when you look at what is happening in washington now and think ahead to the 2014 elections and look at party leaders in washington flirting with a shutdown, flirting with a debt ceiling default and look ahead to 2016 and say we're going to have to field a candidate nationally that can run against hillary clinton maybe or somebody like that, do you have any optimism when you watch what is happening in washington now