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Some Experiments on Feeding Fishes qith Nudibranchs

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WITH the view of testing the theory that the remarkable shapes and colours of Nudibranchs are either of a protective or of a warning nature,1 and are definitely related to the edibility or the reverse of the animals, I have been offering lately various kinds of Nudibranchs to the fishes in the aquarium of the Liverpool Free Public Museum,2 and have carefully noted the result of each trial.

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HERDMAN, W. Some Experiments on Feeding Fishes qith Nudibranchs. Nature 42, 201–203 (1890). https://doi.org/10.1038/042201a0

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