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The author mentions that cleaner fish 'resist the temptation' to eat mucus primarily to illustrate that:
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- 1Client fish are physically incapable of retaliating, making the cleaner fish's cooperation an act of pure, unforced altruism.
- 2The long-term benefit of maintaining a cooperative 'business' image outweighs the immediate gain of a 'cheating' meal.✓
- 3Interspecies cooperation is driven by a moral compass that prevents fish from harming their 'clients.'
- 4Mucus is a nutritionally inferior food source compared to the parasites found on client fish.
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The long-term benefit of maintaining a cooperative 'business' image outweighs the immediate gain of a 'cheating' meal.
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