07-05-2005, 09:02 PM
[cool][#0000ff]Sheesh! Nobody never reads my previous posts. In the one just a couple ahead of this one I made mention of the tendency of carpkind toward "plural marriages". Polyandry is the term used when one lady carp gets all spawny with two or more males.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Actually, many species have spawning rituals that see ripe females depositing their eggs in more than one nest...usually made and guarded by a single male. That is instinctive insurance against a major calamity occuring in any one nest...or undesirable hatching problems between any individual male or female...genetic foulups. Nesting fish, like bass and bluegill, frequently have several female donors in each male's carefully maintained nest.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]"Scatter spawners", like carp, walleye, white bass, stripers, etc. often see the spewing females being "escorted" by several males...each doing his individual part to make sure the eggs are fertilized. That would make it tough for the babies to prove paternity, but it does give every egg a better chance at being fertilized and it gives all of the "geek" males a shot at ecstasy.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Actually, many species have spawning rituals that see ripe females depositing their eggs in more than one nest...usually made and guarded by a single male. That is instinctive insurance against a major calamity occuring in any one nest...or undesirable hatching problems between any individual male or female...genetic foulups. Nesting fish, like bass and bluegill, frequently have several female donors in each male's carefully maintained nest.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]"Scatter spawners", like carp, walleye, white bass, stripers, etc. often see the spewing females being "escorted" by several males...each doing his individual part to make sure the eggs are fertilized. That would make it tough for the babies to prove paternity, but it does give every egg a better chance at being fertilized and it gives all of the "geek" males a shot at ecstasy.[/#0000ff]
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