Archerfish Hunt Land-Based Insects

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Archerfish hunt land-based insects and other small insects by shooting forceful water droplets from their specialized mouths. Adult archerfish are almost always able to hit their target flawlessly on their first try mostly because of their exceptional eyesight. In the book, Stefan Schuster, a neuroscientist, conducted an experiment with particularly five good sharpshooting archerfish to see if they were able to hit a moving target. Over the next few weeks, only one of the archerfish was able to hit targets moving fast as a hornet. Soon, the others were able to catch up by observing this super sharpshooter and by mimicking his moves. I think it is interesting to know fish are able to become spectators and learn from others to benefit themselves

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