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#1 Post by **cortaz** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 12:00 am

notice how they circled the green weed, dimpled the surface and some are bent into C shapes,, why?

flip · #2 Post by **flip** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 10:03 am

maybe they feel safer near the weed from other predators ,or maybe some kind of courtship ritual, mm hard one that cortaz :o :)

#3 Post by **corbyeire** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 11:03 am

are the ones bent into c shapes damaged, dying?

#4 Post by **Sonaghan** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 11:14 am

Are the ones bent into C shapes turning around?:wink:

#5 Post by **corbyeire** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 11:17 am

yea all told - it seems like this should be a video?

hell they may just have been passing the weed at the time of the picture?

what exactly are you getting at art?

#6 Post by **Sonaghan** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 11:23 am

Or maybe they're trying to spell out a message.

Rockhopper · #7 Post by **Rockhopper** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 11:45 am

Its probably the natural instinct of smaller fish to keep either near to or underneath objects like that....flies and other insects will land on those objects making food....also they don't show a silhouette against the surface of the water, so shielding them from deep predators.

I know that the Big Game boats fitted with Tuna Towers have someone up there looking for weed and other stuff floating around knowing it will hold small fish and the preditors after those fish and so on until Mr Marlin or Mr Sailfish comes along.

Thats what I would think the reason is anyways :)

Tom.

#8 Post by **Bradan** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 12:15 pm

corbyeire wrote:yea all told - it seems like this should be a video?

hell they may just have been passing the weed at the time of the picture?

what exactly are you getting at art?

/visions of sprats passing a joint around...."here man, have a toke on this"

#9 Post by **Sonaghan** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 12:26 pm

So that explains their strange behaviour then. Brilliant!:lol: