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Sardine bait balls can be 10–20 metres (33–66 ft) in diameter and extend to a depth of 10 metres (33 ft). The bait balls are short-lived and seldom last longer than 10 minutes. However, bait balls are also conspicuous, and when schooling fish form a bait ball, they can draw the attention of many other predators.
Kitten play-hunting a stick moved by its human owner Cat chewing on a toy. Cat play and toys incorporates predatory games of "play aggression". Cats' behaviors when playing are similar to hunting behaviors. These activities allow kittens and younger cats to grow and acquire cognitive and motor skills, and to socialize with other cats. Cat play ...
A Dall's porpoise caught in a fishing net. Generally, cetacean bycatch is increasing. Most of the world's cetacean bycatch occurs in gillnet fisheries. [3] The mean annual bycatch in the U.S. alone from 1990 to 1999 was 6,215 marine mammals, with dolphins and porpoises being the primary cetaceans caught in gillnets. [3]
Cetacea (/ s ɪ ˈ t eɪ ʃ ə /; from Latin cetus 'whale', from Ancient Greek κῆτος () 'huge fish, sea monster') [3] is an infraorder of aquatic mammals belonging to the order Artiodactyla that includes whales, dolphins and porpoises.
Groundbait is a mixture of various natural ingredients, for example fishmeal, bread crumbs, vanilla sugar, hemp seeds or oil, [2] maize and other ingredients, which are then moistened with water and formed into bait balls, which are then cast into the water at the fishing spot as an "appetizer". Depending on the groundbait mixture, the balls ...
The tucuxi (Sotalia fluviatilis), alternatively known in Peru bufeo gris or bufeo negro, is a species of freshwater dolphin found in the rivers of the Amazon basin.The word tucuxi is derived from the Tupi language word tuchuchi-ana, [citation needed] and has now been adopted as the species' common name.
The most common bait is a mixture of powdered clay and fish meal (typically ground menhaden). Other popular baits are flour, corn meal, cat food, and chicken feed. The bait typically includes a binding agent such as clay or Portland cement. The balls range in size from a tennis ball to a softball and are typically flattened out to a hamburger ...
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