jayant
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Post by jayant on Dec 15, 2006 10:55:20 GMT -5
New research on Blind cave fish has found that they can put even dogs to shame in the intelligence stakes. Dr Theresa Burt de Perera, an ethologist at Keble College Oxford, studied the behaviour of the Mexican Blind cave fish, Astyanax fasciatus, which in the absence of working eyes, relies on minute changes in pressure to detect the presence of objects in the water. For details: cave-biology.org/forum/index.php?topic=50.0
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L Roebuck
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Post by L Roebuck on Dec 15, 2006 14:55:09 GMT -5
That was an interesting topic Jayant. Thank you for posting the blind fish photo and the cave-biology.org discussion board link.
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jayant
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Post by jayant on Dec 16, 2006 0:13:44 GMT -5
That was an interesting topic Jayant. Thank you for posting the blind fish photo and the cave-biology.org discussion board link. Thanks for appreciation Lynn, its you who inspired to share the knowledge of cave-organisms with else. -Regards
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