,.
THE MENTAL LIFE OF FISHES
3 51
knew the shot was coming, at three feet away, one had
'
no time to close_the eye
”
(Brehm).
7
,_
As already noted in describing the habits of the Sucker—
shes, Echeneis and Remora, it is quite possible that-these
aptitudes arose originally asa kind of game or Sport
any reference to their usefulness.
As thestructures,:head
and mouth,
to their peculiar usé, after
many generations, the sport became their principal means
of eàrning a
-
'i
‘
.
The Characin sh Pÿrrhulina lanœntosa from South
America has also been thought to use itsmouth in the same
manner as the ]aculator, but with a different purpose.- It
appears that the male and female at the breeding;time,
in close embrace, climb out of the Water and the eggs are
”laid and fertilised on land.
Then,the pair drop back and
the male takes up his position near the eggs One account
has it, that it then deliberatelysquirts water over the eggs
from time to timeto keep them —moist but accordingto the
more
precise
'Brehm, the? tail.ÿi‘sçtheorgan
used for the purpose.” ‘Ï'Thè.'1nale
»
'
_
stantly by the side of '
the eggs_bütÏreturns
hour and beats up : the water over : the;_eggs with'it"s;Îtàil£L
'
The young ‘fry escape from the eggs in ‘aboutthreeda and
slip into the water, where the parent
furtherr=.,attenf
,
tion to them.—
-thëÎ
:eggs’
-
require moistur€ ? îÏ
[
.
"
'
"This brings Usito the"eXtràbrdinary-hatbits displayed by
many—s‘hes'of
care of ithéir‘ èggs—
building
nèsts for them; ‘Aristotle
described
'
an
example of this kind in the Ways of a 'S_ilŒ0id sh (Glanm) ,
the l‘ivers of
treated as
fable-, his account has been
Of
in one form” or another is 'HOWkHQWH‘
t0bealmostas
'
common
the ? reverse,g=> The -' d1erentstagesmay
b e
"
_
briey
sh ; select a —'
__:0Ïr
make
-
.
[ With “stones.(Queensland-.Si1umid)_î_0rthemale
on
-
'
THE MENTAL LIFE OF FISHES
3 51
knew the shot was coming, at three feet away, one had
'
no time to close_the eye
”
(Brehm).
7
,_
As already noted in describing the habits of the Sucker—
shes, Echeneis and Remora, it is quite possible that-these
aptitudes arose originally asa kind of game or Sport
any reference to their usefulness.
As thestructures,:head
and mouth,
to their peculiar usé, after
many generations, the sport became their principal means
of eàrning a
-
'i
‘
.
The Characin sh Pÿrrhulina lanœntosa from South
America has also been thought to use itsmouth in the same
manner as the ]aculator, but with a different purpose.- It
appears that the male and female at the breeding;time,
in close embrace, climb out of the Water and the eggs are
”laid and fertilised on land.
Then,the pair drop back and
the male takes up his position near the eggs One account
has it, that it then deliberatelysquirts water over the eggs
from time to timeto keep them —moist but accordingto the
more
precise
'Brehm, the? tail.ÿi‘sçtheorgan
used for the purpose.” ‘Ï'Thè.'1nale
»
'
_
stantly by the side of '
the eggs_bütÏreturns
hour and beats up : the water over : the;_eggs with'it"s;Îtàil£L
'
The young ‘fry escape from the eggs in ‘aboutthreeda and
slip into the water, where the parent
furtherr=.,attenf
,
tion to them.—
-thëÎ
:eggs’
-
require moistur€ ? îÏ
[
.
"
'
"This brings Usito the"eXtràbrdinary-hatbits displayed by
many—s‘hes'of
care of ithéir‘ èggs—
building
nèsts for them; ‘Aristotle
described
'
an
example of this kind in the Ways of a 'S_ilŒ0id sh (Glanm) ,
the l‘ivers of
treated as
fable-, his account has been
Of
in one form” or another is 'HOWkHQWH‘
t0bealmostas
'
common
the ? reverse,g=> The -' d1erentstagesmay
b e
"
_
briey
sh ; select a —'
__:0Ïr
make
-
.
[ With “stones.(Queensland-.Si1umid)_î_0rthemale
on
-
'