Mimicry. This word comes from the Greek mimetizo which means "I imitate" and it is precisely the art of hiding in a context to avoid being seen by potential enemies or potential prey ...
It often happens that anchovies make a ball like in the famous song by Fabrizio De Andrè and Ivano Fossati, except that in this case they are not attacked by the albacore but by saddled breams. As you can see in the video, everything happens in a few moments and this school of anchovies tries to aggregate to escape predators, taking the shape of a large blue ball.. ...