Very intelligent Tusk Fish using a Coral

[tlindsey]

Watching Blue Planet and this was very fascinating. A Tusk Fish cracking open a clam against a Coral.

 

[tlindsey]

Watching Blue Planet and this was very fascinating. A Tusk Fish cracking open a clam against a Coral.

Not the same Tusk Fish that I was watching but now even more fascinating on the Tusk Fish intelligence.

 

[tlindsey]

Here is what I was watchingBBC America (@BBCAMERICA) Tweeted: The Tuskfish has learned how to use tools, in this case the hard edge of a coral, to crack open clams. What a clever fish! #BluePlanet2 https://t.co/ExUw5rauIL https://twitter.com/BBCAMERICA/status/9548995

 

[Jexnell]

I saw that episode you are talking of. Crazy smart fish.

 

[Deadliestviper7]

The wrasse family is one of the only fish known to exhibit tool use in the wild, in captive/ lab situations fish such as Atlantic salmon, groupers, cod etc have been able to use levers or pull strings to get food, new fish were even able to learn this behavior by watching other fish