PlanetCatfish.com

I stumbled upon this lil video and thought it was neat. What kind of cat is it?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTuoUDpr ... r_embedded

ugh!

i had to turn the sound off

the original NGC video is "lake Tanganyika, jewel of the rift" a must-see for any Tanganyika fish keeper

however, to "adapt" this video tothe new millenium, they really "stoopified" it.
it had a really good english narrator, but they replaced it ith one of those morons who "tries to be funny"
probably to aim for the couch potato crowd with roomtemperature IQ (centigrade IQ, not fahrenheit IQ!)

now the commentary is like putting a drill in your ear and flooring the nob.

good thing I have the original with original voice over on dvd.....


ps Synodontis multipunctatus is an African catfish.
the cichlid wich is used s a host is Ctenochromis horei, a hard to keep agressive species from the shallow habitat

the first fish in this part with the huge crowd of fry is Haplotaxodon microlepis.

whenever i went to my friends house he had these catfish and i loved them!
he had 2 fully grown adults

but after seeing this video i lost my respect for these catfish. but i guess thats they way the cookie crumbles. but i still love them!

DJ-don,

Some believe that mouth brooding behavior in Cichlidae represents their highest evolutionary stage of development.
Now for a catfish to insinuate it's reproductive biology into the Cichlid mouth brooding behavior is a pretty sophisticated development in itself.
I don't have any personal interest in African Cichlids or Catfish. I'm a South American fish guy but that doesn't mean I don't appreciate how successful their reproductive biology is. This cuckoo type behavior is wide spread among many birds. It is a semi-parasitic mode of reproduction but nature does not take any moral or ethical sides. The only prerogative that matters is to perpetuate the DNA programming. Parasitism is usually a disgusting concept to most of us, I think, but it is also fascinating in a sick sort of way.

I saw the Nat Geo broadcast version of the show and was similarly frustrated by their dumbing down style of narration.

now that u say it that way it starting to change my perspective on things. thanks apisto!