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Octopuses and fishes are known to hunt together, taking advantage of the other's morphology and hunting strategy. Since multiple partners join, this creates a complex network where investment and pay-off can be unbalanced, giving rise to partner control mechanisms. @SimonGingins
We found different contexts where these punches (or directed explosive arm movements, if you want to get technical about it) occur, including situations where immediate benefits are attainable, but most interestingly in other contexts where they are not!
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@maxplanckpressthe paper is freely available, and as a bonus all supplemental videos are too, check it out! #octofish
Wow can't believe this got to 5k! Thank you everyone! 🐙🐟🐠
