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Ian Quittner wrote:
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> Dear fish ecologists:
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> There really is no delicate way to ask this....... What is the most
> "compassionate" way to blind small fish for feeding experiments?
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> Thanks,
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> Ian Quittner
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Years ago, a woman ichthyologist used small pieces of aluminum foil,
tucking them in around the edges of the orbit. The fish could be
returned to sighted condition by removing the pieces of foil.
don
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