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✍️ Octopuses have been found to form hunting parties with fish in the Red Sea, working together to make their hunts more efficient, and physically assaulting fish that don't contribute to the hunt.
👉 Octopuses form hunting parties with fish in the Red Sea
👉 Octopuses use 'speculative hunting' to find edible prey
👉 Fish help octopuses by signaling the presence of prey
👉 Some fish try to benefit from the octopuses' ability to flush out prey without contributing to the hunt
👉 Octopuses physically assault fish that don't contribute to the hunt
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In the depths of the Red Sea, there is a fascinating co-lab going down. Octopuses are forming hunting parties with various types of fish. According to a study published in Nature Ecology and Evolution, octopuses, long considered solitary hunters, will work with fish to make their hunts more efficient — and if those fish aren’t […] The post Octopuses Hunt With Fish—and Punch the Ones That Don’t Help Out appeared first on VICE.
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