澳大利亚大堡礁南部Lady Elliott Island附近的一只瓶鼻海豚名叫Bubbles，它表现出了一种不寻常的捕食策略：通过骚扰和追赶大眼金鲹，使其呕吐，然后吞食被吐出的食物1。这一行为被科学家称为"盗食寄生"，成为了一项发表在期刊《生态学与进化》上的研究焦点1。
根据研究，Bubbles自至少2017年起就在Lady Elliott Island生态度假村附近活动1。阳光海岸大学的研究共同作者Asia Haines指出，这种现象反映了人类对海豚认知的局限性。Haines表示："这种对海豚是'海洋好人'的认知更多与拟人化有关——我们倾向于给它们赋予人类特征——也许是因为海豚看起来在微笑"1。
A male bottlenose dolphin called Bubbles has been observed engaging in a distinctive hunting strategy near Lady Elliott Island in Australia's Great Barrier Reef region, where he deliberately harasses large-eyed trevally fish until they vomit, then consumes the regurgitated food 1. This behavior, scientifically termed "kleptoparasitism," has become the subject of a study published in the journal Ecology and Evolution 1.
Bubbles has been documented in the waters surrounding the Lady Elliott Island eco-resort since at least 2017 1. According to Asia Haines, a co-author of the research from the University of the Sunshine Coast, the dolphin's actions challenge common perceptions about these marine mammals 1. Haines noted that "the perception of dolphins as 'ocean good guys' is more related to anthropomorphization—we tend to attribute human characteristics to them—perhaps because dolphins appear to be smiling" 1.
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