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New koi 'shadowing' largest koi
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Posted by tenroc Los Angeles (My Page) on Tue, Dec 26, 06 at 12:22
| We have a new koi pond, and this weekend we introduced a new black koi, a Karasu, I think? The velvety matte black koi? The new guy trails our big guy pretty much staying at his rear, or underneath him, but always on him somehow. It rather strikes me like a smaller dog sniffing the tail of a larger dog. Is this 'normal' behavior? The black one is hard to see, but is easy enough to find being that it seems somehow attached to the largest most visible koi.
It truly appears that he is his shadow (and we are wracking our brains to come up with a Good Name for him) but we wonder if this is standard behavior.
Any insight would be appreciated.
Thanks!
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RE: New koi 'shadowing' largest koi
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| Hi tenroc, In the past when we've put new smaller Koi in our ponds, they do the same thing and my thinking is that they are "learning the ropes" of their new territory. Good luck with your shadow. |
RE: New koi 'shadowing' largest koi
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| maybe you could name your koi shade. |
RE: New koi 'shadowing' largest koi
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| Tenroc, It's a case of survival. Animal thinking is group together with a large (bunch) because: 1. Predator can't make one shape of prey from another piece of meat. 2. Maybe predator will be "scared" off by largeness of prey 3. Larger target will be focused on first, so I being smaller, can swim away from the attack. And no I'm not a fish whisperer...
Just a person who's spent too much time diving and observing these behaviors. LP |
RE: New koi 'shadowing' largest koi
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| mabe you could name it cling |
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