Cheating in Action (VIDEO)
Caption
From the beginning, the blue-streaked cleaner wrasse engage in cheating behaviour (stealing mucus), causing the client fish to chase and 'punish' the cleaner. 0:28 shows the cleaner wrasse giving an honest parasite cleaning service to a large predator, the coral trout. 1:08 until the end shows the cleaner wrasse massaging a sweetlips by rubbing the fins on the underside of its body across the sweetlip's skin. No audio. Freely available with attribution to Simon Gingins, University of Konstanz.
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Simon Gingins
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Freely available with attribution to Simon Gingins, University of Konstanz.
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