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Octopus sometimes use fish to find food.
It can be a group of fish, and the ones don't that look for food can be persuaded to leave the group.
The captured meal isn't shared, whoever finds it, fish or octopus, gets to eat it.
They were studied in their natural environment not in a lab.
Although typically viewed as solitary animals, it was found that octopuses sometimes work with fish to entrap prey. It is thought this represented a type of social interaction between different species which can be a sign of intelligence.
“If the group is very still and everyone is around the octopus, it starts punching, but if the group is moving along the habitat, this means that they’re looking for prey, so the octopus is happy. It doesn’t punch anyone,” Sampaio said.
It can be a group of fish, and the ones don't that look for food can be persuaded to leave the group.
The captured meal isn't shared, whoever finds it, fish or octopus, gets to eat it.
They were studied in their natural environment not in a lab.
Although typically viewed as solitary animals, it was found that octopuses sometimes work with fish to entrap prey. It is thought this represented a type of social interaction between different species which can be a sign of intelligence.
“If the group is very still and everyone is around the octopus, it starts punching, but if the group is moving along the habitat, this means that they’re looking for prey, so the octopus is happy. It doesn’t punch anyone,” Sampaio said.