RE: Killifish threat

Andrew Boyd (andrew at pcug.org.au)
Thu, 26 Sep 1996 00:05:50 +1000

At 08:22 AM 9/24/96 -0700, Peter Unmack wrote:
>On Tue, 24 Sep 1996, Andrew Boyd wrote:

>> I'm interested in hearing all about the pupfish! But maybe the killie list
>> or AUNZZA (Sthn Hem. Killikeepers List) would be a more appropriate spot...
>
>Didn't we have some rules about keeping down the amount of advertising on
>this list? :-)

As one of the moderaptors, if I advertise the other list, it's OK ;)

>> moment? Does aestivation play any part in their life cycle or is it purely
>> an emergency survival mechanism?
>
>I would think aestivation is just an emergency survival mechanism, BUT,
>that is only an opinion. No one has every tested that question.

I suppose it would be a particularly cruel series of experiments to
perform... drying the fishes out must have some deleterious effects. Is
this why the question has not been tested or was it just a lack of funding?

Regards, Andrew Boyd

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