Acquiring three spine sticklebacks
#1 Guest_dispar_*
Posted 18 August 2009 - 09:09 AM
#2 Guest_mikez_*
Posted 18 August 2009 - 07:25 PM
Hi all! I have a friend who is looking for some 3 spine sticklebacks for a display at the Virginia Zoo. Does anyone have a line on a place to acquire them?
I can usually find a few when I visit RI. PM if a serious request. It'll give me an excuse to get wet finally.
#3 Guest_dispar_*
Posted 19 August 2009 - 11:39 AM
I can usually find a few when I visit RI. PM if a serious request. It'll give me an excuse to get wet finally.
#4 Guest_dispar_*
Posted 19 August 2009 - 11:47 AM
#5 Guest_Newt_*
Posted 19 August 2009 - 12:06 PM
#6 Guest_nativeplanter_*
Posted 19 August 2009 - 12:07 PM
If so, it shouldn't be necessary to go to RI to get these. They are right out the door. Someone at VIMS can probably easily help. If not, I can go netting when they are ready for them. PM me if needed.
#7 Guest_mikez_*
Posted 19 August 2009 - 04:55 PM
I start my RI trips in September and go till Nov 1, mostly weekends unless I'm on call plus a vaca day here and there..
#8 Guest_dispar_*
Posted 27 August 2009 - 01:15 PM
Newts + sticklebacks is a disaster waiting to happen. I would strongly encourage the zookeepers to rethink this combination.
#9 Guest_dispar_*
Posted 27 August 2009 - 01:17 PM
#10 Guest_donkeyman876_*
Posted 28 August 2009 - 04:10 PM
If the newts are small enough a stickleback would glady eat one.Newts + sticklebacks = disaster The reason being?
#11 Guest_BTDarters_*
Posted 30 August 2009 - 12:52 AM
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Brian
#12 Guest_critterguy_*
Posted 15 September 2009 - 12:17 AM
I could see the sticklebacks injuring the newts if they breed and become protective. If they are keeping crested newts their is also the possibility of one of them attempting to eat a stickleback and choking on the spines.
#13 Guest_Newt_*
Posted 15 September 2009 - 12:20 PM
Newts + sticklebacks = disaster The reason being?
Sticklebacks are known for aggression and nippiness towards all-comers. Besides causing undue stress to the newts, this could also be fatal to the sticklebacks, thanks to the potent skin toxins produced by many newts. As donkeyman and critterguy noted, there is also the possibility of an adult of one species eating a smaller juvenile of the other species, which would likely be fatal to both parties.
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