“..Everyone likes a bit of pampering now and again – and sharks and manta rays are no exception.
The feared ocean fish congregate in reef “salons” to be groomed by smaller fish, researchers have discovered.
And instead of being eaten during the cleaning sessions, the smaller fish derive nutrition as they remove dead and diseased tissue, mucus, scales and parasites from their “clients”.
Marine scientists at James Cook University in Townsville set up cameras on the Great Barrier Reef and the Osprey Reef, off Cairns.
Over five months they observed sharks and rays gathering frequently for a “clean, wax and polish”.
Sometimes the sessions would last several hours .. as the smaller fish swarmed continuously over the predators..”
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