“Freshwater Killer Whales”: Beaching Behavior of an Alien Fish to Hunt Land Birds

Julien Cucherousset; Stéphanie Boulêtreau; Frédéric Azémar; Arthur Compin; Mathieu Guillaume; Frédéric Santoul

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0050840

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“Freshwater Killer Whales”: Beaching Behavior of an Alien Fish to Hunt Land Birds

Julien Cucherousset,

Affiliations CNRS, Université Paul Sabatier, ENFA, UMR 5174 EDB (Laboratoire Évolution & Diversité Biologique), Toulouse, France, Université de Toulouse, UMR 5174 EDB, Toulouse, France
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Stéphanie Boulêtreau,

Affiliations Université de Toulouse, INP, UPS, EcoLab (Laboratoire d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Environnement), Toulouse, France, CNRS, EcoLab, Toulouse, France
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Frédéric Azémar,

Affiliations Université de Toulouse, INP, UPS, EcoLab (Laboratoire d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Environnement), Toulouse, France, CNRS, EcoLab, Toulouse, France
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Arthur Compin,

Affiliations Université de Toulouse, INP, UPS, EcoLab (Laboratoire d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Environnement), Toulouse, France, CNRS, EcoLab, Toulouse, France
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Mathieu Guillaume,

Affiliations Université de Toulouse, INP, UPS, EcoLab (Laboratoire d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Environnement), Toulouse, France, CNRS, EcoLab, Toulouse, France
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Frédéric Santoul

* E-mail: frederic.santoul@univ-tlse3.fr

Affiliations Université de Toulouse, INP, UPS, EcoLab (Laboratoire d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Environnement), Toulouse, France, CNRS, EcoLab, Toulouse, France
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“Freshwater Killer Whales”: Beaching Behavior of an Alien Fish to Hunt Land Birds

Julien Cucherousset,
Stéphanie Boulêtreau,
Frédéric Azémar,
Arthur Compin,
Mathieu Guillaume,
Frédéric Santoul

Published: December 5, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0050840

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