Fish "Cleaning Stations" Are Safe Havens from Predators
Category: cleaner fish
Researchers have witnessed how cleaner fish calm their subjects, often dangerous predators, by touching them gently with their fins while they're cleaning them. A new study in the journal Behavior Ecology, however, is showing how this calming effect not only prevents the cleaner fish from becoming meals, but other prey fish in the general vicinity as well.
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