Dolphin Bubbles Eats Regurgitated Prey in a Rare Foraging Trick
TL;DR
A male bottlenose dolphin nicknamed Bubbles at Lady Elliot Island regurgitates prey by causing bigeye trevally to vomit under stress, then eats the regurgitated food. Documented in Ecology and Evolution, this kleptoparasitic foraging appears to be a learned, energy-saving strategy that may involve echolocation cues to identify targets, though more data are needed to determine how common the behavior is among dolphins.
- A dolphin named Bubbles makes other fish vomit, then eats it Ars Technica
- Bubbles the food-stealing dolphin finds shortcut to easy meal Phys.org
- ‘Eww, that's disgusting.' Bizarre dolphin behaviour filmed on Great Barrier Reef BBC Wildlife Magazine
- A Bottlenose Dolphin Named Bubbles Chases Fish Until They Throw Up, Then Steals Their Meals discovermagazine.com
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