By Davide ManciniPaola Margu ASTURIAS, Spain, and YUCATÁN, Mexico — On a mild February morning, Isaac Blanco quickly places ...

An octopus patrols a shallow reef, searching for food–and it’s not alone. A flurry of fish move alongside it, in a group hunting phenomenon observed in multiple marine locations around the world.

As It Happens6:44Octopuses hunt alongside fish, but will wallop them if they fall out of line Despite their reputation as loners, it turns out octopuses will happily hunt in groups with other ...

Almost half the time they're in the group, the octopus punches them. ... Still, Benoit-Bird is excited about what these octopus and fish hunting groups may have to teach people.

Bizarre new footage shows the moment an octopus punches a fish for refusing to help it hunt. Scientists have found that the tentacled sea creatures deliberately lead fish on inter-species hunting ...

Almost half the time they’re in the group, the octopus punches them. ... Still, Benoit-Bird is excited about what these octopus and fish hunting groups may have to teach people.

The team followed the octopuses for 13 hunts, during which they observed groups of between two and 10 fish working with each octopus. These hunting groups typically included several species of ...

A jaw-dropping video caught the moment an octopus punched a fish for “not cooperating with it”. The footage emerged after a new study found that octopuses don’t always hunt alone.

A day octopus hunting with a blacktip grouper and a gold-saddle goatfish. Eduardo Sampaio and Simon Gingins. The fish and the octopus share a common goal – to increase their hunting efficiency.

This is the hilarious moment that an octopus smacked a fish in the face while both animals were hunting together. Video footage shows the tentacled creature whacking the fish.

The octopus’s hunting was more efficient when it was traveling with fish partners: It checked out fewer crevices, but spent more time at each one, suggesting it was finding prey to slurp up.