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Why does a pistol shrimp depend on a goby fish to alert it to nearby predators?
Answer
Because the shrimp has very poor eyesight
Pistol shrimp are nearly blind, so they rely on the sharper-eyed goby fish to watch for danger while they dig and maintain their shared burrow.
💡 Did you know?
Goby fish stand guard outside pistol shrimp burrows, watching for danger while half-blind shrimp digs. Both sleep in the same shelter nightly.
Other options people guess
- Because the shrimp is completely deaf
- Because the shrimp cannot move once outside its burrow
- Because the shrimp is unable to sense water vibrations
Topics
- symbiosis
- marine-life
- shrimp
- goby
- ocean
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