Sea slugs attack their brown anemone prey togetherKate Otter
A slow slaughter beneath the waves is surprisingly social: one species of sea slug attacks its anemone prey in teams. The finding highlights how predatory collaboration isn’t limited to more complex carnivores like wolves and lions.
“[The study is] a nice demonstration that the same forms of cooperative behaviour have evolved as a way of solving the challenges of life in vastly different organisms and ecological circumstances,” says Michael Cant at the University of Exeter, UK, who wasn’t involved with the research.
Sea slugs discovered working together to hunt in packs
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