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At underwater cleaning stations, what do cleaner fish primarily eat off the bodies of sharks and rays?
Answer
Parasites
Cleaner fish, such as certain wrasses, pick parasites from the skin, gills, and mouths of sharks and rays, providing pest control in exchange for a meal.
💡 Did you know?
Cleaner fish eat parasites off sharks and rays while the predators remain motionless—some sharks visit specific cleaning stations like underwater spas.
Other options people guess
- Algae
- Loose scales
- Excess mucus
Topics
- symbiosis
- marine-life
- sharks
- cleaner-fish
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