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Categories: Environmental: Ecosystems, Paleontology: Early Mammals and Birds
Environmental: Ecosystems
Published When cozying up with would-be predators, cleaner shrimp follow a dependable script
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Published When cozying up with would-be predators, cleaner shrimp follow a dependable script



It's a mystery how cleaner shrimp partner with would-be fish predators -- sometimes even climbing in their mouths -- without getting eaten. A new study reveals how the shrimp convinces fish not to eat them, and the fish conveys that it's a friend and not a foe.