Slow, reclusive, and lacking in both offensive and defensive weaponry, the frogfish wouldn’t seem to have the tools needed to become a lethal predator. Yet despite some seeming shortcomings in the attack department, these enigmatic little creatures have developed a unique strategy to capture prey – they hide in plain sight and go ‘fishing’. Watch this short video of a young frogfish on a Wakatobi reef.
Meet Wakatobi’s hidden hunter
- Mark Evans
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Rork Media’s Editorial Director Mark Evans has been in the diving industry for 27 years, and has been diving since he was just 10 years old. Some 40+ years later and he is still addicted to the underwater world.