The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-04-30

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all that IL kno~u amang naturaus's
on the subject
Naturally the most common or
frequent mode ~ care Is ghe sim
plesi. he says, consisting Of bttle
more than selection Of . site for the
deposit Of ihe female eggs and sub
segment guardianship II those eEgs
By the male The place selected IL
usually cleared Of stones and weeds,
and In the cleared spaces the eggs are
laid Some however, go further than
this "A certain catfish In Queensland
is always yers careful ia nose and
splash and swish stones up from the
river bed and pile theme in a heap
over her eggs
Then there are LOT OF tribes
among our American and African
fishes that. instead Of laying their
eggs In certain SPOT and watching
them carefully while they hatch. car
~ them about In their mouths for
weeks at "A time. And In South Ameri-
can waters there swims very dis
tant cousin TO our catfish which has
a method of attaching eggs in IA mass
TO the skin. The skin of the fish then
grows out around them like the
cups OF acorns around the nuts. and
In this manner they are carried and
protected until they hatch.
Probably many an angler has hap
pened upon a mass of fish eggs float
ing in a stream or lake, to all APP
pearances deserted BY tho parent
fish. But these are not mere found
lings to be hatched There has been
much work expended upon this float
| ing nest Perhaps its simplest form
explains DR.. Gill, is found in the
many colored fish of paradise which
makes a floating nest OF mere con
glomeration Of air bubbles held to-
gether by sticky substance from
the fish's mouth. other fishes gather
| together to bind their RATS, twigs
and fallen leaves so that floating
nest Of this sort looks like little more
than bulk of mud and river waste.
! These is one species the sticklebacks,
which is even equipped, spiderlike,
with special webmaking organs to
weave a binding thread for the ma
| terials selected for the nest. And 1t is
! the general rule that the caretaker
is the male
Dr.. Gill not only discusses these
and other methods of protection to
young, but upon the philosophy OF
parental instinct in fishes says: The
attribute Of parental care must be
regarded as an outcome of selfish
ness, or. if you viii. self love, re-
suli of the sense of proprietorship.
The eggs are the fishes own, ana
therefore they and the resulting lar
vac are to be cared for as such.