[Coral-List] trumpetfish hide behind other fish to sneak up on prey

[KEVEN REED]

Dear Coral-listers & Samoan Doug,

Besides many of you probably having witnessed the behavior many times on coral reefs, I would like to note that conservationists, Ned & Anna DeLoach, have long taught in their lectures that predatory fishes do 'nuclear hunting'--in their REEF classes and their field guides.  Ned & Anna are regular contributors to Alert Diver, DAN magazine.

Keven Reed
mobile: 904-505-7277
Fleming Island, FL 32003

> On 08/09/2023 3:26 AM EDT Douglas Fenner via Coral-List <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov> wrote:
> 
>  
> https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/stealth-swimmers-the-fish-that-hide-behind-others-to-hun\
> 
> the observations have been around for a long time, but this is the first
> test of the idea, apparently
> 
> https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(23)00761-3
> 
> open-access
> 
> Cheers, Doug
> 
> 
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