a hunting coalition consisting of a peacock grouper, blue-spotted grouper, peacock hind, or roi, Cephalopholis argus, and a whitemouth moray eel, Gymnothorax meleagris; Honokohau, North Kona, Big Island, Hawaii, USA; the grouper initiates the partnership by rubbing against the eel, encouraging it to start hunting; both parties benefit from increased hunting success


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Image ID: 0038055-DPE.jpg

hunting coalition peacock grouper & moray

a hunting coalition consisting of a peacock grouper, blue-spotted grouper, peacock hind, or roi, Cephalopholis argus, and a whitemouth moray eel, Gymnothorax meleagris; Honokohau, North Kona, Big Island, Hawaii, USA; the grouper initiates the partnership by rubbing against the eel, encouraging it to start hunting; both parties benefit from increased hunting success
Credit to: Blue Planet Archive / Doug Perrine

Image dimensions: 6584x4390

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