Regular Member Chrissy_Bee Posted August 8, 2008 Regular Member Share Posted August 8, 2008 I thought this was kind of cool http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/08/07/g...harassment.html 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Quasi Posted August 8, 2008 Regular Member Share Posted August 8, 2008 Great article 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaws_flounder Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 Even FISH can be harassed in that way........... ..............wow 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member chichidongo Posted February 19, 2009 Regular Member Share Posted February 19, 2009 This is so interesting! I love information like this - learning from observing other animals. Even guppies. I wonder how they figured out who was male or not? Maybe they tagged them somehow. What do you think? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member sebastian Posted February 19, 2009 Regular Member Share Posted February 19, 2009 There is a physical difference in males & females. My science teacher has a guppy "aquarium" (that looks like a bad pond 'cause it's full of algae and crud) and you can tell the difference. I forgot what is different.... had her last year. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member chichidongo Posted February 19, 2009 Regular Member Share Posted February 19, 2009 There is a physical difference in males & females. My science teacher has a guppy "aquarium" (that looks like a bad pond 'cause it's full of algae and crud) and you can tell the difference. I forgot what is different.... had her last year. Oh! lol Shows you how much I know about guppies. Goldfish are kind of a unique animal when it comes to gender, you think? Both genders look the same. Males aren't prettier than females (like birds). I wonder if there are jobs where we can all observe our fish's behaviors and get paid for it. Wow! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member jsrtist Posted February 19, 2009 Regular Member Share Posted February 19, 2009 Just being nerdy, it's called sexual dimorphism when you can tell the genders apart. It's common in a lot of marine fish, too. Interesting! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Erinaceus Posted February 19, 2009 Regular Member Share Posted February 19, 2009 (edited) There is a physical difference in males & females. My science teacher has a guppy "aquarium" (that looks like a bad pond 'cause it's full of algae and crud) and you can tell the difference. I forgot what is different.... had her last year. Oh! lol Shows you how much I know about guppies. Goldfish are kind of a unique animal when it comes to gender, you think? Both genders look the same. Males aren't prettier than females (like birds). I wonder if there are jobs where we can all observe our fish's behaviors and get paid for it. Wow! It's called 'a PhD in behavioural biology', and although it's fun to observe animal behaviour, I can assure you, every so often you've had it up to here with it :-s That being said, it can also be a lot of fun . Nice study by the way ^_^. Edited February 19, 2009 by Erinaceus 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Chrissy_Bee Posted February 19, 2009 Author Regular Member Share Posted February 19, 2009 Yes it can be quite fun, but also get old I watched birds for 3 months solid one time. Very amusing, but after a while you're really had enough with them! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin koko Posted February 19, 2009 Admin Share Posted February 19, 2009 This makes alot of since. Female guppies when you stock a tank you want a handful of females to one male in the tank. Females are always getting harassed by the males....interesting that they rather be a predator then harassed Male guppies some times cant tell male and female I see this in my 30 gal tank. Easy for us to tell 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.