Morays and Groupers hunting together

Neat!

http://www.livescience.com/animalwor...operation.html

Regards
DaveZ
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atomweaver wrote:

http://www.livescience.com/animalwor...operation.html

I found it interesting that they claim that "before this, coordinated hunting
was only seen in mammals and birds." Co-ordinated hunting in Lionfish was
documented in a variety of texts, including National Geographics, in the '80s,
and observed in my aquarium in the late '70s. It wouldn't surprise me to find
earlier examples in the literature. Seems that marine researchers don't read
what other marine researchers write, unless they're good buddies.

George Patterson
Forgive your enemies. But always remember who they are.

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atomweaver wrote:

http://www.livescience.com/animalwor...operation.html

I found it interesting that they claim that "before this, coordinated
hunting was only seen in mammals and birds." Co-ordinated hunting in
Lionfish was documented in a variety of texts, including National
Geographics, in the '80s, and observed in my aquarium in the late
'70s. It wouldn't surprise me to find earlier examples in the
literature. Seems that marine researchers don't read what other marine
researchers write, unless they're good buddies.

Hi George,

The quote was specifically about _inter-species_ co-ordination. I've
read about examples of in-species co-ordinated hunting, too. This article
was specifically about groupers and morays working together... which is,
(as far as the limits of my searches with Google Scholar), a new
observation within the fish family.

DaveZ
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atomweaver wrote:

The quote was specifically about _inter-species_ co-ordination.

No, he says "Before this, coordinated hunting was only seen in mammals and
birds. In addition, until now the only other examples of cooperative hunting
between species were seen with humans and dogs or humans and dolphins, Bshary said."

It's quite clear that his claim is that nobody had observed fish co-operating in
hunting before this.

George Patterson
Forgive your enemies. But always remember who they are.