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  • Referential gestures such as pointing direct attention towards an object and have only been observed in apes and ravens. Vail et al. show that fish signal to indicate the location of hidden prey to hunting partners, demonstrating that referential gestures are not restricted to large-brained species.

    • Alexander L. Vail
    • Andrea Manica
    • Redouan Bshary
    Research
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 4, P: 1-7

  • The evolution of cooperation between unrelated individuals is a puzzle that attracts interest both in the social and in the natural sciences. Theoretical concepts may fail to capture essential features of real life cooperation. This paper focuses on the cleaning mutualism between cleaner wrasse and their client fish. A game theoretical model predicts that two providers should offer a higher service quality to clients than single providers, as long as they cooperate among each other. Field observations and an experimental test confirm the model prediction.

    • Redouan Bshary
    • Alexandra S. Grutter
    • Olof Leimar
    Research
    Nature
    Volume: 455, P: 964-966

  • The health benefits of massage therapy, like the reduction of stress, have so far only been shown in humans. This study uses modelling to demonstrate that, while visiting cleaner fish to have ectoparasites removed, the physical stimulation also acts to reduce stress in the coral reef fish,Ctenochaetus striatus.

    • Marta C. Soares
    • Rui F. Oliveira
    • Redouan Bshary
    Research
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 2, P: 1-5

  • Cleaner fish can cheat clients for higher rewards but this comes with a risk of punishment. Here, Truskanov et al. show that juvenile cleaner fish can learn by observing adults to behave more cooperatively themselves but also to prefer clients that are more tolerant to cheating.

    • Noa Truskanov
    • Yasmin Emery
    • Redouan Bshary
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 11, P: 1-9

  • Cooperative species, like humans, can display spontaneously prosocial behaviour. Experiments on a monogamous fish with biparental care shows that pair bonded males are prosocial to both their long-term mates and to strange females, but make antisocial choices if their mate is watching, or if another male is the potential recipient.

    • Shun Satoh
    • Redouan Bshary
    • Masanori Kohda
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 12, P: 1-7

  • The causes and consequences of social intelligence are challenging to establish. A study on wild cleaner fish reports that large forebrains enable individuals to score higher in a social competence test, suggesting forebrain size is important for complex social decision-making.

    • Zegni Triki
    • Yasmin Emery
    • Redouan Bshary
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 11, P: 1-9

  • McAuliffe et al. demonstrate that in the context of cooperative cleaning, wild-caught female cleaner wrasse are more likely to cheat when their partners are out of view. This provides evidence that cleaner wrasse possess a building block of theory of mind: sensitivity to what others can and cannot see.

    • Katherine McAuliffe
    • Lindsey A. Drayton
    • Redouan Bshary
    ResearchOpen Access
    Communications Biology
    Volume: 4, P: 1-7