quote page 581:
Food habits of brown trout vary .....
Larger fish seek larger food items and are often dominantly piscivorous. In
a Virginia stream, brown trout larger than 280 mm TL exhibited the shift to
fishes, taking a variety of species .... We found a 500-mm TL brown trout
that had suffocated by engulfing a 330-mm brown. the head of the latter
extended into the stomach and the anterior body filled the gill cavity of
its captor....
end of quote.
George
_________________________________________________________________
Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
/-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
/"Unless stated otherwise, comments made on this list do not necessarily
/ reflect the beliefs or goals of the North American Native Fishes
/ Association"
/ This is the discussion list of the North American Native Fishes Association
/ nanfa_at_aquaria.net. To subscribe, unsubscribe, or get help, send the word
/ subscribe, unsubscribe, or help in the body (not subject) of an email to
/ nanfa-request_at_aquaria.net. For a digest version, send the command to
/ nanfa-digest-request_at_aquaria.net instead.
/ For more information about NANFA, visit our web page, http://www.nanfa.org
</x-flowed>