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- From: kjw1@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (kenneth.j.wagner)
- Subject: Re: Strange pleco. story
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.012008.7230@cbfsb.cb.att.com>
- Summary: No April Fool's joke.
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- References: <1jvg5aINNopr@shelley.u.washington.edu>
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- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 01:20:08 GMT
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- In article <1jvg5aINNopr@shelley.u.washington.edu>, stick@carson.u.washington.edu (suzanne cherniack) writes:
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- > [stuff deleted]
- >
- > My question is how the pleco. could've survived for four or so hours
- > out of the water. Are they used to tidal ebbs and flows, or what?
- > I'm quite amazed at this and thought I'd post it. Any replies would
- > be appreciated.
-
- I read an article in Tropical Fish Hobbyist about clown pl*c*s. It said
- that the pl*c* is native to the Amazon basin. Each spring the basin
- floods and there is an explosion of fish. When the water recedes most of
- the fish dry out or get eaten by birds. But, the pl*c* will tunnel into
- mud banks to ride out the dry spell. Their gills resist drying and are
- able to absorb some oxygen from the air so they can last through the
- summer.
-
- Ken
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