03-18-2008, 08:14 PM
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... it sounds to me like it makes a MUCH better explaination of why a 25 year old fish was still so small.
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Let's take this a step further:
That 25 year old fish (heck, let's make it 30)that is only 24" long -- what happens to that fish if on its 31st year of life it finally makes the conversion to a strictly piscivorus diet? BOOM! That fish VERY QUICKLY makes a jump from 24" to 35". What happened? He learned to eat.
Fish are very plastic. They can grow (if conditions permit) very quickly. They can also remain very small - yet healthy - under certain circumstances.
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... it sounds to me like it makes a MUCH better explaination of why a 25 year old fish was still so small.
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Let's take this a step further:
That 25 year old fish (heck, let's make it 30)that is only 24" long -- what happens to that fish if on its 31st year of life it finally makes the conversion to a strictly piscivorus diet? BOOM! That fish VERY QUICKLY makes a jump from 24" to 35". What happened? He learned to eat.
Fish are very plastic. They can grow (if conditions permit) very quickly. They can also remain very small - yet healthy - under certain circumstances.
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