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Octopuses and fish caught on camera hunting as a team

Although typically considered solitary animals, octopuses sometimes work with fish to entrap prey.
  1. Helena Kudiabor
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Octopuses normally hunt alone, but footage captured by divers has revealed that they can collaborate with fish to find their next meal. The videos, described today in Nature Ecology & Evolution1, show that the different species even adopt specific roles to maximize the success of joint hunting expeditions.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-03127-5

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  1. Sampaio, E. et al. Nature Ecol. Evol. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-024-02525-2 (2024).

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