单词 | stickleback |
例句 | The great forests of weed were delicately traced, and in them there hung motionless many schools of sticklebacks learning to do their physical exercises in strict unison. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z A male kingfisher offers a freshly caught stickleback to a lady kingfisher. Last night's TV 2010-05-17T07:00:00Z It has disappeared incrementally, like roadside wildflowers and sticklebacks in streams, as if it never were. Never mind endangered animals – it's the thinkers that we need to save 2013-03-10T00:05:44Z One stickleback will begin approaching, then wait to see whether another will approach a little closer. The Evolutionary Reasons We Are Drawn to Horror Movies and Haunted Houses 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z Under such circumstances, Krantz and others have reasoned that if the burros cannot be removed, the stickleback have to be relocated for their own safety. 'Round them up and castrate the boys'; California conservationists take aim at wild burros 2023-09-17T04:00:00Z Bosworth said he counted around 100 dead yellow perch along the Kirkland shoreline in early June and also found some dead sticklebacks, which are small, scaleless fish with spines. Why are there so many dead fish along Lake Washington? 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z The parasitic cestode Schistocephalus solidus requires a much larger host—specifically, a three-spined stickleback fish—to grow in and then a bird to breed in. See How a Parasite Travels from Tiny Crustacean to Fish to Bird 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z The male sticklebacks responded aggressively to the objects just as if they were real male sticklebacks. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z Then the first stickleback will go a little further, taking its turn being the one nearest the predator. The Evolutionary Reasons We Are Drawn to Horror Movies and Haunted Houses 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z Earlier this month, Krantz visited a stickleback translocation effort that he helped to organize. 'Round them up and castrate the boys'; California conservationists take aim at wild burros 2023-09-17T04:00:00Z During the breeding season, male stickleback fish become intensively territorial and take on a bright red coloration on their underside that attracts females. Social Animals Seek Power in Surprisingly Complex Ways 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z Inside the fish, the larva grows enormously, making the poor stickleback gasp at the water's surface, where it is likely to get snacked on by a bird. See How a Parasite Travels from Tiny Crustacean to Fish to Bird 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z Figure 36.35 Male three-spined stickleback fish exhibit a fixed action pattern. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z The results of studies into this behavior even suggest that sticklebacks from regions with higher predation risk are more cooperative than those from places with lower risk. The Evolutionary Reasons We Are Drawn to Horror Movies and Haunted Houses 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z “A year from now, these reintroduced sticklebacks and yellow-legged frogs are going to be the kings of beasts at Bluff Lake.” 'Round them up and castrate the boys'; California conservationists take aim at wild burros 2023-09-17T04:00:00Z The lake is stocked annually with hundreds of thousands of fish, and you may snag species such as Chinook salmon, lake trout and the three-spine stickleback. Summertime fun in the sun: Lake Chelan | Provided by Western Washington Toyota Dealers 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z Some of his own past studies, including one that found strong effects of CO2 in sticklebacks in Sweden, were “poorly designed,” Jutfelt admits. Does ocean acidification alter fish behavior? Fraud allegations create a sea of doubt 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z An example of this is seen in the three-spined stickleback, where the visual signal of a red region in the lower half of a fish signals males to become aggressive and signals females to mate. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z State and federal biologists are also worried about the loss of habitat for 150 federally endangered unarmored threespine stickleback fish that were rescued after the 2016 Sand fire burned through Soledad Canyon in northwestern L.A. Burn scars, winter storms threaten rare and endangered species in San Gabriel Mountains 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z In Big Bear Valley, burros pose the greatest threat to such rare and endangered species as Big Bear checkerbloom flowers, slender-petaled mustard plants, and the unarmored threespine stickleback fish. 'Round them up and castrate the boys'; California conservationists take aim at wild burros 2023-09-17T04:00:00Z No bigger than a minnow, the three-spine stickleback may seem a puny player in the underwater world. A tiny fish takes on its predators—and wins, transforming the Baltic coast 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z Most of the creatures were very small, and while they did detect DNA from pigs, deer, sticklebacks and humans, there were no monsters. Loch Ness monster could be a giant eel, say scientists 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z Depending on which lake population was studied, findings showed that these sticklebacks then either remained as one species or evolved into two species. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z Look, normally, a female stickleback lays eggs in a nest, which are then fertilised by the male stickleback who went to the trouble of building the nest. Virgin births: is there something fishy about Mary the stickleback’s little miracles? 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z State wildlife officials said these changes eliminated the need for controversial protection measures such as trapping and relocating the stickleback fish. Deal for new city at Newhall Ranch fuels development boom transforming northern L.A. County 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z But in the 1990s, sticklebacks began to outnumber their predators closer to land, their dominance spreading toward more protected bays and inland waters. A tiny fish takes on its predators—and wins, transforming the Baltic coast 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z Environmental advocates and the state Supreme Court had also raised concerns about potential harm to the unarmored threespine stickleback. Long-debated Newhall Ranch project gets key approvals from county 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z In different experimental tanks they introduced one species of stickleback from either a single-species or double- species lake. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z So are you suggesting that one of her children is stickleback Jesus? Virgin births: is there something fishy about Mary the stickleback’s little miracles? 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z One poor fellow is turned into an involuntary stickleback. “Alien: Covenant” and the Too-Many-Monsters Problem 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z The sticklebacks themselves probably didn’t initiate their predators’ decline. A tiny fish takes on its predators—and wins, transforming the Baltic coast 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z The birds kill sticklebacks by striking them against their perches, which softens the spines of the fish, making them easier to swallow. Bird's fishy antics baffles nature reserve experts - BBC News 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z In the lake microcosms, why were algal blooms possible in the presence of one, but not two stickleback species? Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z Due to DNA changes near this gene, freshwater sticklebacks produce higher levels of GDF6 and developed smaller armor plates than those living in saltwater. Tweak in Gene Function Allowed Humans to Walk Upright: Researchers 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z Over the decades he determined that each species never kills more than 2% of the sticklebacks per year and usually attacks juveniles. ‘Superpredator’ humans are hunting other animals out of existence 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, sticklebacks were thriving in the rapidly warming seas. A tiny fish takes on its predators—and wins, transforming the Baltic coast 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z Two years ago a fatberg in a main sewer in Bristol resulted in a discharge of raw sewage into the River Trym, killing hundreds of eels, sticklebacks and bullheads. Fighting the fatbergs: how cities are waging war on clogged sewers 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z Because two stickleback species consume all of the nutrients required by the algae to bloom. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z Pairs of stickleback fish, for example, scout nearby predators in a sort of tit-for-tat duet. Game Theory Calls Cooperation into Question 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z Park officials plan to test the waters in May and then start restocking the pond’s original three-spined sticklebacks, Western pond turtles and chorus frogs. San Francisco’s Presidio completes fish cull 2014-11-22T05:00:00Z And overfishing of cod, the top predator, and large herring translated into fewer predators on sticklebacks. A tiny fish takes on its predators—and wins, transforming the Baltic coast 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z Some of the best-studied examples of this are in fishes, such as sticklebacks and Arctic char. Does evolutionary theory need a rethink? 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z Because more algae is consumed in the presence of two stickleback species versus only one species. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z Trout, chub, minnow, bullhead, stickleback and stone loach fish species were among those affected. No action over fish death pollution 2014-09-21T04:00:00Z In the 1950s Dutch biologist Niko Tinbergen collected stickleback fish and carefully observed how they interacted. Universal Social Rules Underlie Languages 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z As the stickleback grew numerous, they became a formidable foe: They eat juvenile pike and perch. A tiny fish takes on its predators—and wins, transforming the Baltic coast 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z Two stickleback fishes once lived there — one pencil-thin and adapted to open water, the other thicker and suited to water near the shore. Should You Fear the Pizzly Bear? 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z In a microcosm experiment using fish tanks to mimic a lake environment, an increase in the number of stickleback species would increase the dissolved organic carbon particle size. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z Back when the glaciers were carving out the landscape, species that naturally followed were pike and suckers, along with fathead and stickleback minnows, Weigel said. Fish stocking on the rise in North Dakota waters 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z For example, when stickleback fish are feeding in densely populated waters, Dr. Laskowski said, “some will specialize on critters in rocks, others on little plankton.” Basics: The Social Life of Spiders Thriving in a Social Web 2014-05-11T19:02:31Z In earlier studies, co-author Ulf Bergström from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and colleagues found both species in the stomachs of sticklebacks. A tiny fish takes on its predators—and wins, transforming the Baltic coast 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z What had been two stickleback species became one. Should You Fear the Pizzly Bear? 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z This occurred because two stickleback species consumed all the nutrients which prevented algae from being able to grow. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z However, in the current study at least, the sticklebacks seemed to be making more errors to do with attacking non-food items instead of the waterfleas rather than the waterfleas being better at escaping them. Human Noise Disturbs Different Fish in Different Ways 2014-02-10T00:21:57Z Alison M. Bell, who studies stickleback personality at the University of Illinois, says the spider work neatly illustrates the mix of plasticity and predilection that underlies personality. Basics: The Social Life of Spiders Thriving in a Social Web 2014-05-11T19:02:31Z Eklöf, Bergström, and their colleagues caught and analyzed fish in 32 bays and confirmed that where stickleback were abundant, juvenile pike and perch were scarce. A tiny fish takes on its predators—and wins, transforming the Baltic coast 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z The day of my visit, Eric Taylor, a zoologist at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, who first described the stickleback collapse, was collecting fish to document the extent of the swarm. Should You Fear the Pizzly Bear? 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z This occurred as algae are consumed in more amounts in the presence of two stickleback species. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z However, it seems that the noise disrupted the behaviour of the sticklebacks and minnows in different ways. Human Noise Disturbs Different Fish in Different Ways 2014-02-10T00:21:57Z But the native species in the brook that will also die include roach, eel, minnow, stickleback and stone loach. Fears over plan to poison fish brook 2013-11-13T05:36:52Z The stickleback surge is triggering other ecosystem impacts. A tiny fish takes on its predators—and wins, transforming the Baltic coast 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z These small crustaceans are presumed to have triggered the stickleback collapse. Should You Fear the Pizzly Bear? 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z By crossbreeding one kind of stickleback prone to schooling with another kind of stickleback more reluctant to join a school, the researchers identified two genomic regions in sticklebacks associated with schooling. Why Fish Don't Need to Be 'Schooled' in Swimming 2013-09-18T16:15:02.323Z When the sticklebacks were played the ship noise, they made more errors while they were foraging, whereas the minnows were just less motivated overall to feed. Human Noise Disturbs Different Fish in Different Ways 2014-02-10T00:21:57Z Tinbergen famously noted that the male stickleback fish in his lab aquaria flashed aggressive territorial behaviour when the local postal truck, painted red, rumbled by. Neuroscience: As the worm turns 2013-02-20T18:20:53.227Z From 2001 to 2006, as a postdoctoral researcher at Stanford, he studied how stickleback fish in Canadian lakes evolved into strikingly different shapes in just a few thousands of years. Pigeons, a Darwin Favorite, Carry New Clues to Evolution 2013-02-04T18:59:03Z In order to attract females, male sticklebacks build nests from plant material on the lake bottom. Should You Fear the Pizzly Bear? 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z The investigation of the genetics of behavior is a huge scientific enterprise, with great progress being made in a variety of species — roundworms, fruit flies, lab mice, sticklebacks. | Hopi E. Hoekstra: Hopi Hoekstra Traces the Roots of Behavior in DNA 2013-01-28T21:29:42Z A recent study compared the effects of human noise on two fishes: three-spined sticklebacks and European minnows. Human Noise Disturbs Different Fish in Different Ways 2014-02-10T00:21:57Z Identification of a genome-wide set of loci used repeatedly in stickleback adaptation provides a rare opportunity to estimate the relative contribution of coding and regulatory changes underlying adaptive evolution in natural populations. The genomic basis of adaptive evolution in threespine sticklebacks 2012-04-04T17:21:30.320Z The parasite spends most of its life growing inside the three-spined stickleback fish, which is about the size of a small sardine and lives in oceans and lakes throughout the Northern Hemisphere. Warmer Planet Could Be Dominated by Mosquitoes, Tics, Rodents and Jellyfish 2012-02-20T20:15:00.267Z “Holy smackin’ dipsticks!” he said when we pulled up traps full of fingerling sticklebacks. Should You Fear the Pizzly Bear? 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z Males offering bullheads or stone loaches are less likely to succeed than males offering minnows - sticklebacks are somewhere in the middle. Love gifts in the animal kingdom 2012-02-14T10:39:58Z A stickleback with four parasites recovered from its body cavity. Green Blog: Warming World Abets a Fish Parasite, Study Suggests 2011-12-13T12:58:12Z Our results indicate that parallel evolution of marine and freshwater sticklebacks occurs by dynamic reassembly of many ‘islands’ of divergence distributed across many chromosomes. The genomic basis of adaptive evolution in threespine sticklebacks 2012-04-04T17:21:30.320Z The efforts of the stickleback to rid himself of this encumbrance were amusing. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z With their invasions of and subsequent radiations on Caribbean islands, anoles provide a terrestrial analogue to stickleback and cichlid fish, which underwent adaptive evolution in separate aquatic environments. The genome of the green anole lizard and a comparative analysis with birds and mammals 2011-09-28T17:21:44.667Z With help from collaborator Jenny Boughman, who studies cooperation and social behavior in stickleback fish, first they’ll set up mixed aquarium tanks of live and robotic fish to see how they interact. Synchronized swimming: patrolling for pollution with robotic fish 2011-09-19T14:45:00.233Z According to the study, 68 degrees is a realistically elevated temperature for stickleback habitats, based on recent climate change predictions from the European Environment Agency and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Green Blog: Warming World Abets a Fish Parasite, Study Suggests 2011-12-13T12:58:12Z Changes in these biological processes, and in the individual genes defined by parallel divergence analysis, probably underlie recurrent differences in morphology, physiology and behaviour previously described in marine and freshwater sticklebacks. The genomic basis of adaptive evolution in threespine sticklebacks 2012-04-04T17:21:30.320Z There are a number of species of the stickleback, some living in fresh water and some being marine. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z There was an “adaptive story” about the sticklebacks, as there was with the deer mice. A Colorful Way to Watch Evolution in Nebraska?s Sand Dunes 2011-08-08T21:33:06Z The loach, the minnow, and the bullhead are sure to be there, with perhaps a tiny stickleback, and somewhere, outside the bottle—stuffed in cap or breeches pocket—crayfish of every age and size. The Confessions of a Poacher 2011-08-05T02:00:44.470Z Over the eight weeks of the study, tapeworm larvae grew four times faster in three-spined stickleback fish raised at 68 degrees Fahrenheit than in sticklebacks raised at 59 degrees. Green Blog: Warming World Abets a Fish Parasite, Study Suggests 2011-12-13T12:58:12Z Threespine sticklebacks offer a powerful system for studying the molecular basis of adaptive evolution in vertebrates. The genomic basis of adaptive evolution in threespine sticklebacks 2012-04-04T17:21:30.320Z On putting the leeches into the water, the stickleback darted round the tumbler with lively motions till it found a leech detached, and in a proper situation for being seized. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z In this pool scooped out by the falling water swim roach, perch, and sticklebacks, and sometimes a jack; but the jack usually abides near the edge out of the swirl. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z Just as redwings and field-fares constitute the first game of young gunners, so the loach, the minnow, and the stickleback, are the prey of the young poacher. The Confessions of a Poacher 2011-08-05T02:00:44.470Z Known as tiddlers in Britain, three-spined sticklebacks are often the first fish caught by children. Green Blog: Warming World Abets a Fish Parasite, Study Suggests 2011-12-13T12:58:12Z A total of 13.4% of the stickleback genome appeared to be under evolutionary constraint when compared with other fishes using PhastCons. The genomic basis of adaptive evolution in threespine sticklebacks 2012-04-04T17:21:30.320Z In one of his attempts to seize a leech, the stickleback having got it by the tail, the animal curled back and fixed its disc upon his snout. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z When the nest has reached this stage of completion it is easy to discover, because the stickleback keeps watch before it, and at that season his breast is of a bright crimson hue. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z The male salmon is as pugnacious as the little stickleback; and so is the male trout, as I hear from Dr. Günther. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex Volume II (1st Edition) 2011-06-27T02:01:01.007Z Precisely how the bird tapeworm effects these changes in sticklebacks, however, “is not really understood,” he said. Green Blog: Warming World Abets a Fish Parasite, Study Suggests 2011-12-13T12:58:12Z But the sticklebacks in noisy tanks spent more time attacking what's not for dinner, like bits of algae. Boat Noise Makes Fish Miss Meals 2011-03-03T12:15:00.240Z The stickleback then seized it by the head in a proper position for swallowing, and after a few gulps the leech disappeared. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z In quiet, sheltered places, where the water is clear but does not run too swiftly, the ‘minnie,’ as the stickleback is locally called, makes its nest beside the bank. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z A preliminary study of a shoal of ten flesh-and-blood sticklebacks shows that they do indeed mingle with the robot and that they follow its leadership cues as predicted. Collective behaviour: Follow my leader 2011-02-24T10:45:13Z Two distinct species of the threespine stickleback dart about in several lakes of British Columbia, where the two fishes could easily mate with each other. Fishy Odor Just Like Dad's 2010-06-29T14:51:00Z The three-spined stickleback, a species found around much of the globe, is one such finned filial cannibal. Observatory: Three-Spined Stickleback Is a Purposeful Cannibal 2010-04-26T22:32:00Z "Plus, the sheer amount of forage like perch, sculpins, sticklebacks, trout, salmon and crawfish." Top five springtime fishing spots 2010-04-15T05:20:00Z It was he who bent the first pin, with which Tom extracted his first stickleback out of "Pebbly Brook," the little stream which ran through the village. Tom Brown's School Day's Plashed green frog, or some brisk little flickering fish— Gudgeon, stickleback, minnow—set the ripples a-swish. Down-Adown-Derry A Book of Fairy Poems The experiments suggest that this process, known as imprinting, may help the stickleback species stay separate even though they live in the same lakes, Kozak said June 27 at the Evolution 2010 meeting. Fishy Odor Just Like Dad's 2010-06-29T14:51:00Z The frog brought her eggs, the stickleback had almost finished his nest and hundreds of animals that were so small that one could hardly see them ran about and made ready for their young ones. The Pond So with the glowing incandescence of the stickleback and its polished scales of silver. The Kempton-Wace Letters Now it fell out one bright day, As it never had done before, When Father Frog was away A stickleback sailed to the door. Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 The stickleback is passionate, polygamous and very jealous of rivals. The Truth About Woman Fathers do the childcare in these sticklebacks, as in many other fish species. Fishy Odor Just Like Dad's 2010-06-29T14:51:00Z "For, only a moment ago, with my own eyes I saw how the stickleback built a nest down there for his children." The Pond Did you ever watch sticklebacks build their barrel-like nest, or the Paradise fish his floating nest, and the father fish take all the care of the young? Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 The nine and the three spined sticklebacks are, without doubt, the most wonderful fish for their size that are common to our waters. Harper's Young People, August 24, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly As they crossed the rustic wooden bridge Beth paused a little to look up at the trees and love them, and down into the clear water at the scarlet sticklebacks heading up stream. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius The stickleback, or “blue-eyed sailor,” is found almost everywhere—in pond and stream. Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter There were not only great, horrid pikes and great mannerly carp and roach and perch and sticklebacks and eels. The Pond In the case of the stickleback, the father even makes a nest to contain the eggs. The Renewal of Life; How and When to Tell the Story to the Young Nor will he allow the mother of the young sticklebacks to come near, as she is so fond of her babies that she often forgets herself and eats them up. Harper's Young People, August 24, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly He remembered a copse yellow with primroses, a pond where he had fished for sticklebacks, a bank with a robin’s nest in it. Antony Gray,—Gardener All was new to him, for he did not even know what a stickleback might be, and he longed to see some of these gorgeous fellows that were all over “gold and green and scarlet.” Hollowdell Grange Holiday Hours in a Country Home "The stickleback!" said the eel, with a sneer. The Pond It would take a great many of those sticklebacks you always would fish for with a worm to make a dish.” Diamond Dyke The Lone Farm on the Veldt - Story of South African Adventure When Man saw the sticklebacks swimming up the stream with a wriggling motion, he was so surprised that he raised his hands suddenly and the fish darted away. A Treasury of Eskimo Tales We have the same change in tiddlebat for stickleback, a word which exemplifies another point in baby phonetics, viz. the loss of initial s-, as in the classic instance tummy. The Romance of Names “I am sorry,” said Fred; “it must have been a great stickleback to pull the line in half.” Hollowdell Grange Holiday Hours in a Country Home Let us begin with one of the commonest and best-known of our fishes, the stickleback of our ponds and ditches. Chatterbox, 1906 Soon an invading army of other sticklebacks approached and attacked the nest for the purpose of getting at the clusters of eggs it contained. Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children Look at these graylings," said Raven; "they will be found in clear mountain streams, while the sticklebacks are already on their way to the sea. A Treasury of Eskimo Tales “I think they will sweep the shallow waters, there to the left, for more stickleback,” replied Oliver. The Settlers at Home The Editor says that one was a minnow and that the rest were sticklebacks. The Book of the Damned Sometimes he would be caught in the wake of a stickleback, and would reach the bottom spinning, or on his back. "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character Some few years ago I put a male stickleback in a basin of water in charge of his nest. Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children Wakening before the others, Raven went to the creek and made three pairs of fishes: sticklebacks, graylings, and blackfish. A Treasury of Eskimo Tales The stickleback will do to manure our garden; and I am sure you will like the cup, if you will only let me finish it.” The Settlers at Home I think, myself, that they were minnows and sticklebacks. The Book of the Damned It was probably a stickleback that took his leg. "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character "Are there any other kinds of fish," asked Willy, "that make nests and take care of their young ones like the three species of sticklebacks?" Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children Baker says of the stickleback, that when the fry made their appearance from the eggs, "Around, across, and in every direction the male fish, as the guardian, continually moved." The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals Only let me finish it, and you shall have it in exchange for the stickleback you caught this morning. The Settlers at Home In the London Times, July 15, 1841, it is said that the fishes were sticklebacks; that they had fallen with ice and small frogs, many of which had survived the fall. The Book of the Damned He was reduced to stickleback fry, small larvae, and even juveniles of his own race. "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character I once kept a small pike, about ten inches long, in an aquarium, into which I also introduced five or six sticklebacks. Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children “Why, it’s as full as a pond is of sticklebacks.” The Rajah of Dah A thousand of the little tiny sticklebacks of fish in these rivers are more dangerous than one big fellow ten foot long.” Old Gold The Cruise of the "Jason" Brig It seems that sticklebacks are short-lived fishes, probably breeding only once; and it is reasonable to suppose that their success as a race depends to some extent on the paternal care. The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told I convinced myself that there was nothing here, nothing visible at present—not so much as a stickleback. Nature Near London I remember some years ago having once taken a father stickleback away from his nest, and, after putting him in my collecting bottle, I sat down to watch the result. Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children To those whose acquaintance with fish is mainly culinary, it may seem odd to hear that the father stickleback alone takes part in the care of the nursery. A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. The male stickleback is the builder, and when he thinks of making a nest he commences by burrowing a hole in the mud at the bottom of the stream where he lives. Round-about Rambles in Lands of Fact and Fancy The stickleback is not so clever as it looks. The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told At first, I tied bait at intervals upon the line, and the sticklebacks, of course, seized upon it, and thus rang the bell. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, Nov 1877-Nov 1878 No 1, Nov 1877 All the sticklebacks, for instance, are confirmed nest-builders: but here once more it is the male, not the female, who weaves the materials together and takes care of the eggs during their period of incubation. Science in Arcady For stickleback abound in every running stream and pond in England. A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. When the eggs have been laid in the nest, and the young sticklebacks have been born, the male fish is said to be very strict and particular in the government of his children. Round-about Rambles in Lands of Fact and Fancy To find solid ground on which to base an appreciation of the behaviour of fishes, it is necessary to experiment, and we may refer to Miss Gertrude White's interesting work on American minnows and sticklebacks. The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told The turtles sailed a Dutch-built fleet, On port and starboard tack, While through their ranks, with caution meet, Darted the stickleback. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, May, 1878, No. 7. Scribner's Illustrated Owls are roosting on the chimney-pots, and a stickleback has jumped out of the pond. Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, March 26, 1892 Not to be out of the fashion, therefore, the romantic stickleback does precisely the same thing as all these distinguished and poetical compeers. A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. The loach is used principally in Ireland as a trout bait, and the other two are of small account as hook-baits, though sticklebacks are a valuable form of food for trout in lakes and pools. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 The mud-minnows did not show that they perceived either packet, though they swam close by them; the sticklebacks were intrigued at once. The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told THE stickleback floundered about the boat, pricking and snapping until he was quite out of breath. A Collection of Beatrix Potter Stories Instead of a smooth fat minnow, Mr. Jeremy landed little Jack Sharp, the stickleback, covered with spines! The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter The first care of the male stickleback, when he has acquired his courting suit, is to build a suitable home for his future wives and children. A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. There were hundreds of fish in the shoals, of all kinds and sizes, from dace nine inches long, with a few roach, to sticklebacks. The Naturalist on the Thames In the course of a few lessons, both minnows and sticklebacks learned to associate particular colours with food, and other associations were also formed. The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told At first, I tied a bait at intervals upon the line, and the sticklebacks, of course, seized upon it, and thus rang the bell. The Junior Classics — Volume 8 Animal and Nature Stories The boys delighted in the large ponds, full of old carp and tench, with dace and roach, perch, gudgeons, eels, tadpoles, sticklebacks, and curious creatures of the weedy bottom. Lady John Russell No. 1 shows us such a nest when completed, with the female stickleback loitering about undecided as to whether or not she shall plunge and enter it. A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. In it are shoals of dace, and minnow, and gudgeon, and sticklebacks, and plenty of small pike basking in the sun. The Naturalist on the Thames From a feuilleton:— "She watched him catch the sticklebacks which were one day to turn into frogs." Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, Jan. 1, 1919 "It's a hand-loom!" said the stickleback, who builds a nest for itself and understands the art of weaving. In Midsummer Days, and Other Tales Trout, grayling, now and then a pike, as well as the smaller fry of minnows and sticklebacks, are of course found in the streams. John Keble's Parishes Let us begin with that familiar friend of our childhood, the common English stickleback. A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. It reminds me of the story of the Irish milk-woman who was confronted with a stickleback found in the milk. Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 The paper on fish development was mainly based upon dissections of the young of the stickleback. Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 1 The sticklebacks taught their art to the bass, who became much more expert. In Midsummer Days, and Other Tales The male salmon is as pugnacious as the little stickleback; and so is the male trout, as I hear from Dr. Gunther. The Descent of Man Which of us cannot look back in youth to the mysteries of the stickleback fisheries? A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. It was he who bent the first pin with which Tom extracted his first stickleback out of "Pebbly Brook," the little stream which ran through the village. Tom Brown's School Days It is not surprising under these circumstances to learn that sticklebacks are successful and increasing animals. A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. He raised the stones and looked for tadpoles and sticklebacks, but could find none; not a fish was visible in the water, and consequently there was not a sign of a sea-gull or a tern. In Midsummer Days, and Other Tales With respect to the courtship of fishes, other cases have been observed since the first edition of this book appeared, besides that already given of the stickleback. The Descent of Man For, like almost all polygamists, your stickleback is a terrible fighter. A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. There is a common kind of frog in France, Belgium, and Switzerland, which does not extend to England, but which closely recalls the habits of the stickleback and the pipe-fish. A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. The special peculiarity of the male stickleback consists in the fact that he is, above all things, a model father. A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. One wife, however, does not suffice to fill the nest with eggs; and the stickleback is a firm believer in the advantages of large families. A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. |
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