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"While the vast majority of observations during the day are while eels are resting or on a cleaning station, a few times I have seen an eel coupled with a grouper. The first time I saw this was on the Winch Hole. A graysby came to a stop on a pile of rubble, and a goldentail came out from its lair. At first they just sort of looked at each other, then came cheek to cheek, touched, and took off together.
I have seen it a couple of other times with a green moray and black grouper.
This behavior has not been greatly documented according to the research I did this week. I could only find a few scientific references based on cooperation and communication between different fish species.
Other cooperative hunting behaviors among single species are well documented - from dolphins to chimpanzees - but inter-species communication coupled with cooperative behavior studies among fish are rare.
There are many relationships of joint foraging, such as wrasses hanging out with trunkfish. These involve a nuclear species (the main dude) and a follower (the one cleaning up the scraps).
What differentiates the grouper/eel behavior is the grouper seeks the eel and communicates its intention to hunt with a specific signal.
The one study all the other scientists referenced was done in the Red Sea. Google “Plos Biology grouper eel” and the paper should pop right up for you. It’s called “Interspecific Communicative and Coordinated Hunting between Groupers and Giant Moray Eels in the Red Sea”, with principal investigator Redouan Bshary."
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Tim Grollimund
Tim spent nearly a decade in Key Largo, Florida. He wrote the scuba diving column for the local newspaper, The Reporter, for over three years, and also served as a Working Group member and Alternate Representative on the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council. His ebooks are all based on his newspaper columns. Each ebook has a collection of underwater images shot by Tim. The ebooks cover a wide range of marine life species and ocean conservation topics.
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Let's Wake Up an Eel and Go Hunting - Tim Grollimund
Let's Wake Up an Eel and Go Hunting
Tim Grollimund
Author: Tim Grollimund
Date Published: June 6, 2017
ISBN: 978-1-3709523-3-5
Publisher: Smashwords Edition
Copyright © Apex Global Solutions LLC 2017. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced, displayed, modified or distributed without the prior and express written permission of the copyright holder. All inquiries via timgrollimund.com
Table of Contents
Let's Wake Up an Eel and Go Hunting
Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Reporter
Eels
About The Author
Other eBooks, Prints and Keepsakes
Articles I used to write this column
Acknowledgments
To Dad, who knew I loved the sea, and always encouraged me to pursue my passion.
Introduction
When I moved to the Florida Keys in 2009, I had one objective in mind. Simply, to become highly proficient as an underwater photographer. For the previous several years,
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