Why does the male carry the babies? You know, I'm actually not sure. Oh, my gosh. There's so many reasons. What a great group of fish those are. They do not mate for life. They'll mate with many different females throughout their life. Do they go be in the shrimp? Like, do they? I feel like they would have to, right? But I think there's no evidence of that. In fact, even fishes like, fish will protect their young if they know they're their young. Some fishes actually the young have to exhibit a different coloration pattern, it show different behavior just so that the adult doesn't think they're an enemy
ALL. ABOUT. FISH. Hilariously charming fish expert and LA County Natural History Museum Curator of Ichthyology, Dr. Christine Thacker, sits down with Alie in a basement full of several million jars of fish to chat about the worst fish husbands, the weirdest mating behaviors, the scariest fish, the nicest fish, the tiniest fish, how they breathe, how you can help reverse global warming, and whether you should pee in wetsuits. I love her so much and so will you.
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Music by Nick Thorburn