[Coral-List] Octopus punches fishes

[Ivan Steward]

Hi Eduardo,

Thanks for sharing.

I'm unable to link the post here as it's from a Linkedin upload I was sent
by a colleague, but, RPS were doing some recent marine survey work for the
Star of the South project and setup a BRUV.

There is video of an octopus that took up temporary residence on the end of
the apparatus. The video shows the octopus reaching out and 'hugging' a
passing shark - fully immobilising it for a good minute before letting go.
Several other fish/squid are seen getting involved as well, it's quite an
interesting/comical scene.

You can probably do a search for it, or find RPS on LinkedIn to view (or I
can forward to you there if interested).

Remarkable animals for sure.

Cheers,
Ivan



On Mon, 21 Dec 2020, 00:16 Eduardo Sampaio via Coral-List, <
coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov> wrote:

> I'm sorry if this is a bit off-topic, but I wanted to share with you our
> latest paper showing that octopuses punch fishes during collaborative
> hunting in coral reefs. This is the first of our ongoing project on these
> multi-species groups, and both pdf and relevant materials can be found
> freely available here:
>
>  https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ecy.3266
>
> The videos are the heart of the paper, so I highly recommend checking them
> out on the Supplemental Information menu.
>
> All the best,
> Eduardo
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