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SQFT Fish is joining CREATIVE EXPO TAIWAN 2025!
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CREATIVE EXPO TAIWAN 2025
🗓 August 7th – August 11th
Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center
The result of the last species vote on Patreon is "horseshoe crab" (Tachypleus tridentatus)! 🫧
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Emperor shrimp not only benefits from the protection mechanisms but also searches for edible food particles adhering to the Spanish dancer’s mucus, even carefully inspecting its feces.
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A study found that in the Gulf of Mexico, these fish consume large amounts of copepods and ostracods as juveniles. However, as they grow larger, they proportionally shift to eating more euphausiids, mollusks, and small fish.
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Additionally, due to dehydration and preservation processes, which cause shape distortion and color changes, some cookiecutter shark specimens look significantly different from their live form.
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The larger they grow, the less likely they are to prey on sea lice; they may even eat the salmon's food. If food or space is insufficient, lumpfish of similar age or size might cannibalize each other.
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When prey approaches, the cookiecutter shark bites off a piece of flesh, creating circular wounds. Their prey includes fish, sharks, whales, and even parts of submarines covered with soft rubber.
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Fish Floss and Fish Ball went on an undersea treasure hunt. ⛵️💎
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Related researches:
"Mouth Cleaning of Lemon Sharks, Negaprion brevirostris, by Sharksuckers, Echeneis naucrates" Erich K. Ritter & Raid W. Amin
"From Mutualistic Partner to Hunted Prey?" Erich K. Ritter