Re: [Killietalk] N. patrizii

[LeeH920226 at aol_com]

I sometimes wonder why we cannot find males and females of the same species 
in a pond. I suspect it is timing. Obviously, the species would not be there if 
there weren't both sexes together, however briefly.   Sometimes the males are 
produced later and spawn and the females die before the males. Sometimes it 
is because the females are good at hiding deep in the vegetation or debris, It 
is not always a cinch to sample adequately a given annual pool. In most cases 
the females and males are together and abundant, perhaps the week before you 
get there. It would be nice to have the luxury of living there and checking the 
pools out every few days. Maybe, on further reflection, that would not be a 
luxury. The best situation is the one we have in Uruguay where local experts 
continually monitor the pools. It is almost as thrilling to hatch some eggs from 
a pool that you have sampled as it is to actually collect the fish. If anyone 
suspects this is a plug for my good friend Heber Salvia, you are correct.



Lee Harper
Media PA



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