This tickled my fancy:<\/p>\n
In 2018, on the Red Sea\u2019s Mar Mar Island, Matthew Tietbohl, a coral reef ecologist at King Abdullah University of Science & Technology in Saudi Arabia, was surveying a beach for sea turtle tracks with some colleagues. The team heard loud splashing at the water\u2019s edge.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe turned to see this triggerfish launching itself into the shallows and stranding itself,\u201d recounts Tietbohl.<\/p>\n
It soon became clear that the fish was attempting to feed on ghost crabs that were grazing on algae-covered rocks at the water\u2019s edge. The triggerfish would slowly stalk the crabs from the water, turning on its side and lunging out of the shallows like a crocodile. At one point, the fish successfully gripped a crab, pulling it back into the water.\u00a0[NewScientist<\/strong><\/a>]<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I feel like we’re seeing evolution in action.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This tickled my fancy: In 2018, on the Red Sea\u2019s Mar Mar Island, Matthew Tietbohl, a coral reef ecologist at King Abdullah University of Science & Technology in Saudi Arabia, was surveying a beach for sea turtle tracks with some colleagues. The team heard loud splashing at the water\u2019s edge. \u2026 Continue reading