03-27-2013, 01:03 PM
It wouldn't matter if it happened for a thousand years. It wouldn't change their behavior. The conditions are right for spawning. That is all that the adult Walleyes are affected by. If the population of Walleyes was dependent on successful spawning at that location, the population would soon crash. That would alter the population, but not the behavior.
We, as humans, have the tendency to view things a certain way. We tend to think that others, including animals, see them the same way. Often called the "reindeer effect", we don't see things their way. Walleyes spawn. That is the end of their parenting skills. They don't give a fin about their eggs. They care even less about their own offspring, and will eat them if they get the chance.
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We, as humans, have the tendency to view things a certain way. We tend to think that others, including animals, see them the same way. Often called the "reindeer effect", we don't see things their way. Walleyes spawn. That is the end of their parenting skills. They don't give a fin about their eggs. They care even less about their own offspring, and will eat them if they get the chance.
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