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Title: Grouper Attacks Puffer, Maldives
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A brown-marbled grouper Epinephelus fuscoguttatus) predates on a porcupinefish (Diodon hystrix), which has inflated as a defence. It is rare to see porcupinefish being attacked because of their inflatable spine covered bodies and their poisonous flesh. Laamu Atoll, Maldives. Indian Ocean.
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- coral reef
- Indian Ocean
- Laamu Atoll
- Laamu Atoll Hope Spot
- Maldives
- tropical
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