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- From: stick@carson.u.washington.edu (suzanne cherniack)
- Newsgroups: alt.aquaria
- Subject: Re: Strange pleco. story
- Date: 26 Jan 1993 07:54:57 GMT
- Organization: University of Washington
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- kjw1@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (kenneth.j.wagner) writes:
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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.
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- >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.
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- >Ken
-
- Thanks Ken. That sounds about right - - I thought it had something to do
- with tidal flows...
-
- -Suzanne
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