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Damselfish living in the waters of Belize train shrimp to run algae farms used for food

Not for the longfin damselfish, who has turned the planktonic mysid shrimp into a virtual farmhand. The tiny shrimp have been trained to help the damselfish fertilize the algae farms that make up its diet, according to a new study out of Australia. This may be the first instance of a non-human species domesticating another species. Understanding how the damselfish has trained the mysids could reveal insights into how humans first domesticated dogs, chickens and other animals. Scroll down for video Researchers in Belize found longfin damselfish have trained tiny mysid shrimp to fertilize their algae farms, in what s believed to be the first evidence of a non-human species domesticating another species

Damselfish living in waters of Belize train shrimp to run algae farms

Damselfish living in waters of Belize train shrimp to run algae farms Dan Avery For Dailymail.com © Provided by Daily Mail MailOnline logo Could anything be better than chilling by the sky-blue waters of Belize, with servants doing your grunt work? Not for the longfin damselfish, who has turned the planktonic mysid shrimp into a virtual farmhand. The tiny shrimp have been trained to help the damselfish fertilize the algae farms that make up its diet, according to a new study out of Australia. This may be the first instance of a non-human species domesticating another species. Understanding how the damselfish has trained the mysids could reveal insights into how humans first domesticated dogs, chickens and other animals.

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