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Modification in Feeding Regime Reduces the Performance of Surface Breaking Behaviour in a Population of Captive Rays (Raja)

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Surface breaking behaviour in captive Rays has been identified as a potentially abnormal behaviour related to feeding in captivity. The current study tests and supports the predictions that improvements in the methods of food delivery away from surface feeding, to a more natural benthic nature, will result in a reduction in the level of the behaviour.

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    G.W. Scott, D.J. Rollinson & S.L. Hull

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Scott, G., Rollinson, D. & Hull, S. Modification in Feeding Regime Reduces the Performance of Surface Breaking Behaviour in a Population of Captive Rays (Raja). Aquarium Sciences and Conservation 2, 171–174 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009615322019

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