THE 'MENTAL LIFE OF FISHES
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their favourites in glass-bowls to the scene of combat and
_
after the preliminary .betting has been arranged, wives,
children, and other possessions, it is said, being thrown into
'
the balance, the glass-bowls are brought
each other.
The males at once storm at each other,
their
ns and displaying their gorgeous
Thèf‘one able
to show the most brilliant changes, is déèlared the winner
of the rst bout.— Then the two are brought together in
'
same‘bowl and they forthwith begin to-tear at each other
with their mouths and sharp spines, until the one is over—
powered. The victor seldom lives to enjoy his
,
BUt it is not only the males thatght together… Mong
the
as already mentioned, the females believe in
equality‘ôf rights and take rather more than their share."
The result is that both areï sturdy ghters in some cases
(Haplochrons) and it hasbeen found better to make them
live apart
they kill each other. The equality
of rights principle does not make for peacein theestablish—
ment of the Cichlids.
_.
’
=
'
,
;
-
,
It is fairly certain that envy is at theroiot of mOét of
the
.
trouble. When the female Haplochromis picks Up the eggs
in her mouth, the male pursues and beats her. The female
’
retainspossession,-however, and whenthe young batch out,
makes a-meal of them unlesspre'vented by a stronger hand.
1
_
_
,
.:' That extreme jeàlousy can be displayed by, shes, is
'
’
clearly shown by an experiment- which Benecke made
and
,
Which is described in ÈÏBrehm’s
“- Tierleben.’_’. Hegplaced.
-
'
two
of the Paradise—sh (Macr0podüs viridi—auratus)
‘
in theΗSar‘ne tank with
“After a short time-they
'
had
themselvesi:_.«in this way :-Ï‘ the two females «_
occupied ., opposite
the male visited themtu—m,
about. .The two females
,
_
well,
and even played with
1 7
_
f
Then one of thé“females became
the male began—
to build the bubble nest-in company
P3Ymg her
_
Special attentionall theWhile. 1 They w0uldplay foi:
a time
together, greeting each other with; the lips
heftin that
Small pieces of skin were;t0rn off,}
“
I could only regard
_
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their favourites in glass-bowls to the scene of combat and
_
after the preliminary .betting has been arranged, wives,
children, and other possessions, it is said, being thrown into
'
the balance, the glass-bowls are brought
each other.
The males at once storm at each other,
their
ns and displaying their gorgeous
Thèf‘one able
to show the most brilliant changes, is déèlared the winner
of the rst bout.— Then the two are brought together in
'
same‘bowl and they forthwith begin to-tear at each other
with their mouths and sharp spines, until the one is over—
powered. The victor seldom lives to enjoy his
,
BUt it is not only the males thatght together… Mong
the
as already mentioned, the females believe in
equality‘ôf rights and take rather more than their share."
The result is that both areï sturdy ghters in some cases
(Haplochrons) and it hasbeen found better to make them
live apart
they kill each other. The equality
of rights principle does not make for peacein theestablish—
ment of the Cichlids.
_.
’
=
'
,
;
-
,
It is fairly certain that envy is at theroiot of mOét of
the
.
trouble. When the female Haplochromis picks Up the eggs
in her mouth, the male pursues and beats her. The female
’
retainspossession,-however, and whenthe young batch out,
makes a-meal of them unlesspre'vented by a stronger hand.
1
_
_
,
.:' That extreme jeàlousy can be displayed by, shes, is
'
’
clearly shown by an experiment- which Benecke made
and
,
Which is described in ÈÏBrehm’s
“- Tierleben.’_’. Hegplaced.
-
'
two
of the Paradise—sh (Macr0podüs viridi—auratus)
‘
in theΗSar‘ne tank with
“After a short time-they
'
had
themselvesi:_.«in this way :-Ï‘ the two females «_
occupied ., opposite
the male visited themtu—m,
about. .The two females
,
_
well,
and even played with
1 7
_
f
Then one of thé“females became
the male began—
to build the bubble nest-in company
P3Ymg her
_
Special attentionall theWhile. 1 They w0uldplay foi:
a time
together, greeting each other with; the lips
heftin that
Small pieces of skin were;t0rn off,}
“
I could only regard
_