A dolphin spent four years perfecting the strategy of making other fish puke so he could eat it. Marine biologists are calling this "adaptability." Your landlord calls it "Tuesday."

Dolphin Spends Four Years Mastering the Art of Making Fish Throw Up, Then Eating It

Researchers studying a lone male bottlenose dolphin nicknamed Bubbles off Lady Elliot Island on the southern Great Barrier Reef documented him stealing food 11 times over four years. Rather than hunt, Bubbles chased bigeye trevally until they regurgitated their meals, then ate the vomit, using clicks and low-frequency vocalizations that may have heightened the fishes' fear. Published in Ecology and Evolution, the study notes Bubbles foraged alone, atypical for his species, and may have learned to target the fish with the fullest bellies.

Source: Dolphin Spends Four Years Mastering the Art of Making Fish Throw Up, Then Eating It — Nautilus

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