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Subject: Why do lumpfish vibrate?

Date: Sun Jan 16 17:23:00 2011
Posted by Matthew
Grade level: undergrad School: Coastline Community College
City: Virginia Beach State/Province: VA Country: United States of America
Area of science: Zoology
ID: 1295223780.Zo
Message:

I recently visited an aquarium with a lumpfish exhibit. I noticed one lumpfish 
in particular that was constantly swimming into or trying to push against 
another lumpfish sucking to the tank's glass. Every now and then the lumpfish 
that was swimming against the other would momentarily but violently vibrate and 
shake. Why is this? I tried searching everything I could about lumpfish and 
came up with only a story about a diver who raised one up on his palm to show 
his partner before it started vibrating.


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