http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2011/07/18/studly-fish-arent-born-theyre-made-sometimes-overnight/ Quirky, funny, and surprising science news from the edge of the known universe. Fri, 25 May 2012 18:28:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2011/07/18/studly-fish-arent-born-theyre-made-sometimes-overnight/comment-page-1/#comment-75568 Anonymous Tue, 27 Sep 2011 13:02:00 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=18478#comment-75568 Many fish can breathe air via a variety of mechanisms. The skin of anguillid eels may absorb oxygen. The buccal cavity of the electric eel may breathe air. Catfish of the families Loricariidae, Callichthyidae, and Scoloplacidae absorb air through their digestive tracts Many fish can breathe air via a variety of mechanisms. The skin of anguillid eels may absorb oxygen. The buccal cavity of the electric eel may breathe air. Catfish of the families Loricariidae, Callichthyidae, and Scoloplacidae absorb air through their digestive tracts

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2011/07/18/studly-fish-arent-born-theyre-made-sometimes-overnight/comment-page-1/#comment-71786 Geack Tue, 19 Jul 2011 13:15:56 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=18478#comment-71786 Seems like starting with a fish that had been previously alpha needlessly confuses the issue. Any info avilable on why they didn't just start with an already subordinate male? For now, based on the limited info in this article, it appears that all we know is that a previously alpha fish can get back to reproducing quickly, which doesn't really match the claimed conclusions of the study. Seems like starting with a fish that had been previously alpha needlessly confuses the issue. Any info avilable on why they didn’t just start with an already subordinate male? For now, based on the limited info in this article, it appears that all we know is that a previously alpha fish can get back to reproducing quickly, which doesn’t really match the claimed conclusions of the study.

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