The peculiar habits of parrotfish 🐠 After a long day chomping through rocks and corals for tasty algae, parrotfish have a unique way of settling in at night. Each evening, they craft a ‘sleeping bag’, or cocoon, made from mucus. 🫧 It not only keeps them safe from ‘bed bugs’ like parasites that can attach to a sleeping fish, but it may also mask their smell from night-time predators like moray eels and sharks. Check the link for more fascinating facts about these unique fish: https://www.barrie

Tropical white-sand beaches are made of parrotfish poo, pass it on! | Monterey Bay Aquarium

3.4K views · 70 reactions | Parrotfish: The Fish That Makes Sand! ️Meet the parrotfish – one of the most colorful fish in the ocean! It cleans the reef, makes sand, and even wears a slime “sleeping bag” at night to stay safe.Did you know one parrotfish can make hundreds of kilos of sand every year? 勞Nature is amazing!#diving #dive #scubadiving #ocean | Ahmed Elnoby | Facebook