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Rare footage shows sucker fish as they whale-surf in the ocean’s wildest joyride
Griffith University researchers recorded up to 50 remoras per whale feeding on skin and sea lice while migrating along Australia’s east coast, revealing a mostly mutualistic but sometimes irritating relationship.
- Rare footage shows remora fish clinging to whales while they surf across the ocean's surface.
- Some footage showed up to 50 remoras on a single humpback whale, with whales that shed more skin attracting more fish.
- The symbiotic relationship is believed to benefit both remoras, who feed on small creatures on the whale's skin, and whales, whose skin is cleaned.
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Take a remora-eye ride on the back of a whale
Remoras, also known as "sucker fish," spend most of their adult lives sticking to the backs of sharks, whales, and other marine animals. In this video, you can see the wild ride from the perspective of the remoras, as the fish are repeatedly knocked off and latch back on. — Read the rest The post Take a remora-eye ride on the back of a whale appeared first on Boing Boing.
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Off the coast of Queensland, scientists have captured unique footage of remoras, also known as suckerfish, clinging to humpback whales during their migration. The fish use a suction cup on their head to attach to the whale's skin, where they feed on dead skin cells and parasites.
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