Originally Posted by
gweesm1
[i]Actually, I am not sure if this should be done. The other reason why the eggs refuse to hatch could be:-
The fry is the weakest among the whole lot. Fry being weak is unable to force itself out of the shell. Thus the fry doesn’t deserve to live at all. By assisting these fry to survive might lead to other problem if the fry really turn out to be the weakest. Eg breeding of these fish causing the problem of inbreeding. Perhaps it won’t as it will be out compete by others… who knows??
Sia Meng,
In the original Jurassic Park movie, paleontologist Alan Grant (Sam Neill) opined, when told about genetic manipulation for the 'raptors' to be sterile, that... "life will find a way".
Such is the thought I share and personally, I won't go beyond conventional methods of force hatching as it defies Mother Nature's way of culling of the undesired.
Not allowing a 'compromised' fry to hatch may also be her method of minimizing faults in the genetic chain.
Just my 2 cents too.
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