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Living With a Killer: How an Unlikely Mantis Shrimp-Clam Association Violates a Biological Principle

August 6, 2024

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5-15 mins
Living With A Killer How An Unlikely Mantis Shrimp Clam Association Violates A Biological Principle IMG 0294 1536x1147
Presented by Michigan News

Keep your friends close but your enemies closer. How can so many different species co-exist at the same time and place? One theory, the competitive exclusion principle, suggests that only one species can occupy a particular niche in a biological community at any one time. This is what U-M researchers are observing between a specialized community of seven marine clam species living in the burrows of their host species, a predatory mantis shrimp. Learn more about these clams’ risky choice to live with a killer in this article from Michigan News.

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