Sentences with phrase «among younger fish»

They found certain traits were linked to longer jumping among younger fish, but as they got older these effects diminished and age itself was most closely linked with jumping distance.

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About one - fifth of the time, the birds altered their ascent to go after young fish hiding among the jellyfish, the seabird specialist and his colleagues report online in Biology Letters.

In recent years, it seems that the number of jellyfish have been on the rise, fueling concerns that their voracious appetites for microscopic sea creatures might have a negative impact on the food web and that their density might alter how fish behave — young fish seek refuge among the jellies» tentacles, for example — and consequently hamper the ability of predators to catch these fish.

The speed of the young, inch - long fish, thought to be among the fastest on the planet at about five body lengths per second, «dropped by about 37 percent,» Grosell said.

The bird had nabbed the same kind of fish we were after: an Atlantic molly (Poecilia mexicana), a member of a family of fishes called poeciliids, whose females give birth to live young and whose males have flashy colors that make them popular among aquarists around the world.

Cod is among the most popular edible fish in Germany and Europe — the picture is of a young cod.

Among his long list of feature credits are The Pillow Book, Velvet Goldmine, Young Adam, Big Fish, I Love You Philip Morris, Salmon Fishing In The Yemen and Moulin Rouge (scoring Golden Globe nominations for the latter two films).

In a third - person plural narrative voice that perfectly embodies the brutal and wistful communities he portrays, Lee tells the mythic story of young, small, yet mighty Fan, a breath - held diver preternaturally at home among the farmed fish she tends to.

Further, fish are among the least expensive pets to feed and care for, making them a great option for younger renters entering the pet ownership world for the first time.