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Surface Breaking Behaviour in a Population of Captive Rays Raja: The Expression of a Need to Forage?

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Observations were made of the surface breaking behaviour of a population of captive rays Raja. The behaviour was found to have a temporal link with a scheduled feeding event, and to be most common in animals assumed to be hungry. It is suggested that the behaviour is appetitive and is a method of foraging appropriate to the captive situation.

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  1. University College Scarborough, Filey Road, Scarborough, N. Yorks., YO11 3AZ, UK

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

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Scott, G., Hull, S. & Rollinson, D. Surface Breaking Behaviour in a Population of Captive Rays Raja: The Expression of a Need to Forage?. Aquarium Sciences and Conservation 2, 161–169 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009640022791

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