Re: NANFA-- Natural History THE COST OF A BRAIN.(brain studies

Christopher Scharpf (ichthos_at_charm.net)
Tue, 27 Aug 2002 18:23:23 GMT

> One of the most frustrating things about the elephant nose is their
> intolerance of each other. Usually one to a tank. That kinda contradicts
> reports of their sociability.

They're only intolerant when two or three specimens are kept together.
They're very social when kept in large shoals, as they occur in the wild.

Fishy trivia: North American native fishes are most closely related to the
elephant-noses?

Chris Scharpf
Baltimore
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