Sampaio says that before this study, the consensus among researchers had been that the octopus (specifically, a species called the day octopus) was doing all the work. And the fish — usually different kinds of goatfish — were freeloading.
“So the octopus would just be doing its thing, hunting by itself,” he explains. “And the fish would be preying on the prey that the octopus was flushing out, purely taking advantage.”
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Sampaio says that before this study, the consensus among researchers had been that the octopus (specifically, a species called the day octopus) was doing all the work. And the fish — usually different kinds of goatfish — were freeloading.
“So the octopus would just be doing its thing, hunting by itself,” he explains. “And the fish would be preying on the prey that the octopus was flushing out, purely taking advantage.”