When cozying up with would-be predators, cleaner shrimp follow a dependable script

(Duke University) It's a mystery how cleaner shrimp partner with would-be fish predators -- sometimes even climbing in their mouths -- without getting eaten. A new study reveals how the shrimp convinces fish not to eat them, and the fish conveys that it's a friend and not a foe.

Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - June 20, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: news