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Lysmata amboinensis
Cleaner Shrimps - Lysmata amboinensis feeds by eating scraps of food, dead skin and parasites from other bigger marine animals, especially Moray Eels. When Moray Eels wants the 'cleaning service' it will opens its mouth and gills to let the Cleaner Shrimps or Cleaner Wrasses to get into them and will not eat them. The mouth opening is the signal for the Cleaner Shrimps to get into it and do their job. In this picture, I managed to get my dive buddy to 'pretend' he is like a Moray Eel by opening his mouth and getting close to the Cleaner Shrimps. Within seconds, the Cleaner Shrimps swam towards the opened mouth and starts to dig into the teeth for scraps of food.
Spotted on Nov 28, 2017
Submitted on Nov 28, 2017
15 Comments
Thanks, @Antonio for your kind words and support :)
Awesome experience Albert,congrats on the SOTD andthanks for sharing
Thanks, @Maria.
My buddy was very excited to try this dental treatment :D
Wow, quite a spotting. Don't think I'd be as willing a subject as your diving companion but am glad he was willing to participate in the demonstration! Congratulations!
Thanks, @Marek :D
Kudos :)
Thanks, @Daniele for this SOTD :)
I'm giving up my toothbrush! Congratulations Albert (and dive buddy!), this unsual and educational shot is our Spotting of the Day:
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Thanks, @Mark :)
Fantastic. Love it.
Thanks, @Zlatan :)
wow! brilliant
@Hema, when the diver moves away, the Shrimps will swim back to their 'home', otherwise, exhale to blow bubble and the Shrimps will swim away too :D
How did he manage to get them out of his mouth?!
Deep sea dentistry :P