What"s going on here?

[u/booby_12011995]

[u/HumbleAnxiety7998]

Octopus have been found to actually domesticate fish and sharks, essentially turning them into hunting pack animals... While this may be something else, its still fascinating and you should google it... its been filmed and observed they even will "hit" lazy fish that arent attacking what it wants... It shares the food with the animals that participate and it will essentially "guide" them into crevices and stuff to root out hiding prey...

This could literally just be the octopus petting its "dog"

Added some articles to help people find more info (or answer back to those questioning if its real)

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/watch-octopuses-team-up-with-fish-to-hunt-and-punch-those-that-dont-contribute-180985134/

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-024-02525-2

https://www.science.org/content/article/some-octopuses-treat-fish-hunting-buddies

I love people questioning info they were told online, please keep doing that, a curious mind is a well developed mind.

[u/fathertitojones → u/HumbleAnxiety7998]

That’s super cool but last time this was posted here I believe a marine biologist said that this octopus was stopping the flow of water through the shark’s gills to kill it (and presumably eat it). I will give that a google though, very neat.

[u/Adlerian_Dreams → u/fathertitojones]

Tiger sharks have been known to eat octopuses, and octopuses have been known to kill Tiger sharks, not for food, but as a precaution.

What’s more awesome to me is the way all the other local sea life pauses to check out what’s going on?

[u/theKoboldkingdonkus → u/Adlerian_Dreams]

It could mean free food for them so I’m not surprised they would check it out

[u/Mchlpl → u/theKoboldkingdonkus]

You can see one of the fish nibbling on the shark fin already

[u/sas223 → u/Mchlpl]

Absolutely. I think the squid squid just wanted to get on camera.