Without Sharks, Some Reefs Would Look Completely Different
If you’ve ever taken the long way home to avoid a path that seems unsafe, you can sympathize with unicornfish in Fiji’s Votua marine reserve. A new study has shown that herbivorous reef fishes alter their foraging behavior to avoid running into sharks. In other words, even though sharks don’t eat seaweed, they help influence…
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David Shiffman
