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Fish such as crappie school together. But how do they know they are with a like species? They don’t have mirrors or necks to see themselves. There’s no way they know what they look like.
If a crappie fry was put with bass fry would it relate to them??
I know, it’s silly. Just been pondering on this lol
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I would speculate that it's how they are in a school of their own kind from the moment they hatch.
If they are in schools all the time surly they learn something!!!:Rofl
if they do, it must not be a public school :dono:(Quote:
Originally Posted by floatntiny
Greenfish, have you been sitting in the deer stand to long thinking and need to get back to fishing like me? :fish:Rofl
Surely schools of fish gain and lose members. They have to have a way to find each other
Sometimes I just laugh out loud when I read some posts. This one got me! I gotta get back on the water!
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My only guess would be that they grew up in a school of fish .... knowing what all the others looked like .... so they wouldn't really have to know what THEY looked like. They have no idea what species they are. They live by instinct, which tells them to feed, breed, & survive. The fact that they do, sometimes, crossbreed with other Crappie species, but not with other Panfish species tells me they instinctively know their gender & function and not to attempt breeding outside of their species group. :twocents
Crappies are smart, they spend most of their life in school.
Instinctively
Possibly by smell. They have a great sense of smell. That’s why they scatter when they smell a predator in the mix.Quote:
Originally Posted by Slab
You prolly right Chaunc, they do have good smell cause that's why SLABSAUCE works so well.Quote:
Originally Posted by chaunc
Smelling under water is very difficult. Dont believe me? Try it...
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Originally Posted by RoughriverRick
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