Predatory fish use rapid color changes to coordinate attacks, scientists discover

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Feb 26, 2024, 11:00 am132 pts
Striped marlin are some of the fastest animals on the planet and one of the ocean's top predators. When hunting in groups, individual marlin will take turns attacking schools of prey fish one at a time. Now a new study reported in the journal Current Biology helps to explain how they might coordinate this…

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