InfoseepageInfoseepage@mastodon.social
Oct 10, 2026, 10:54 PM@ratfactor I've seen them 3x in the Cook Islands.
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- InfoseepageInfoseepage@mastodon.socialOct 11, 2026, 1:14 AM
@ratfactor Here are a couple that I took on Rarotonga in 2018.
ratfactorratfactor@mastodon.artOct 11, 2026, 1:54 PM@Infoseepage That's awesome! The horns!
- InfoseepageInfoseepage@mastodon.socialOct 11, 2026, 2:20 PM
@ratfactor It's thought they make the fish harder to swallow by predators and the longhorn cowfish can also excrete a toxic mucus. Like other box fish, they're very slow moving, so I guess rely on the horns and toxic mucus for defense.
