ally07 Posted November 1, 2011 Report Share Posted November 1, 2011 Henward would put his children on a massivore diet if he could. Hmm.. Powder Massivore with a bottle of milk lol! Henward's first-born: 'Hercules' is a nice name.. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted November 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2011 Nay... Ajax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexyay Posted November 5, 2011 Report Share Posted November 5, 2011 I know it's slightly OT, but I'm intrigued to know if there's anyone here that feeds mice to their arows? I know of a place in TGA that does it but it struck me as odd to feed a land animal to a fish - I hadn't heard of anyone doing that before (but then again, I know very little about arowanas). As long as it's a quick kill (I'm personally not keen on things being left to die slowly) I'm OK with feeding (no idea about how poisonous they are, though), does anyone know if arows take pre-killed? I have no idea how you'd kill a frog humanely. I'm way too late to this thread (so I'll hide away now) :digH: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted November 5, 2011 Report Share Posted November 5, 2011 was something on tv the other week about a mice plague that ends up swimming across water (annually i think it was) and the fish were feasting on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted November 5, 2011 Report Share Posted November 5, 2011 There was a thing on TV a while ago about trout becoming a massive size somewhere down south by feasting on mice and I think I saw something about fish feeding on bats or small mamals that fell off trees into the water. Nothing strange about it. Bears in some locations feast on salmon so I guess this could be thought of as payback. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myfishybuisness Posted November 5, 2011 Report Share Posted November 5, 2011 There was a thing on TV a while ago about trout becoming a massive size somewhere down south by feasting on mice and I think I saw something about fish feeding on bats or small mamals that fell off trees into the water. Nothing strange about it. Bears in some locations feast on salmon so I guess this could be thought of as payback. yes that is true, i saw that ,they cut a trout open and it had 17 mice in it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted November 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2011 it is a natural part of their diet in the wild, ANYTHING that goes on the water is fair game to most canivores. really its nothing unusual, but yes, trout in NZ are k nown to 'bloom' and get extraordinarily large when the mice are also in bloom, its when summers are hot and these particular trees produce more nut/berries than usual or something, beech trees perhaps? if i recall. weather your ethics are for or against it, the fish will eat it and it has a benefit to them too. perhaps a boost of calcium and protein. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexyay Posted November 7, 2011 Report Share Posted November 7, 2011 was something on tv the other week about a mice plague that ends up swimming across water (annually i think it was) and the fish were feasting on them. That actually makes a lot of sense now. I'm always learning new things about fish - I didn't know they'd even be able to eat mice (I like your theory about payback, alanmin :L). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted November 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2011 trout are swallowers and swallow whole, like arowanas, they dont rip chunks off prey i have seen arowanas take down birds in some documentaries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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