Ripleys Believe It or Not: Pleco's, Pavarotti & Opera M - Aquarium Advice

06-05-2003, 08:17 PM

This is wild - I was watching the Discovery channel and saw how opera affected certain fish. Certain fish have this boney piece in their ear that they attribute part of this phenomenon to. While playing a recording of Luciano Pavarotti, the plecostomus went into a gyroscopic spin - meaning essentially spinning with more than 1 axis (horizontal spinning and vertically spinning kind of). As soon as the opera stopped - so did the pleco's gyroscopic spin. It gets weirder. Then they played Pavarotti backwards, and the pleco again performs the gyroscopic spin - BUT in the opposite direction!! I'm not finished - it only works with male opera singers! Soprano, mezzo-sopranno and alto have NO effect. Yet tenor, baritone and bass DO. Nature never stops suprising us....

ConanTheLibraia · 06-05-2003, 10:42 PM

I would probably flip out too if I heard strange lound noises randomly in my little glass home.

CRaZeeeBiTcHisH · 06-06-2003, 06:12 AM

hmmmmmmm, i am gonna download some off of the net and see if my guys can dance......

how loud you think i gotta play it ???lol potnl?
(peeve the neighbors loud)

06-06-2003, 08:58 AM

pyackel, locking this one too, be serious here. you wanna play jokes, go to the lounge.

06-06-2003, 03:08 PM

Just for the record - THIS IS NO JOKE - I saw it it with my own eyes!

06-05-2003, 08:17 PM	#1
Guest Posts: n/a	Ripleys Believe It or Not: Pleco's, Pavarotti & Opera M This is wild - I was watching the Discovery channel and saw how opera affected certain fish. Certain fish have this boney piece in their ear that they attribute part of this phenomenon to. While playing a recording of Luciano Pavarotti, the plecostomus went into a gyroscopic spin - meaning essentially spinning with more than 1 axis (horizontal spinning and vertically spinning kind of). As soon as the opera stopped - so did the pleco's gyroscopic spin. It gets weirder. Then they played Pavarotti backwards, and the pleco again performs the gyroscopic spin - BUT in the opposite direction!! I'm not finished - it only works with male opera singers! Soprano, mezzo-sopranno and alto have NO effect. Yet tenor, baritone and bass DO. Nature never stops suprising us....

06-05-2003, 10:42 PM	#2
ConanTheLibraia Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: D.C. Posts: 539 Images: 3	I would probably flip out too if I heard strange lound noises randomly in my little glass home. __________________ My fish will kick your fishes butt

06-06-2003, 06:12 AM	#3
CRaZeeeBiTcHisH Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: North Carolina Posts: 353	hmmmmmmm, i am gonna download some off of the net and see if my guys can dance...... how loud you think i gotta play it ???lol potnl? (peeve the neighbors loud) __________________ Live life like there is no tomorrow--there may not be....

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06-06-2003, 08:58 AM	#4
Guest Posts: n/a	pyackel, locking this one too, be serious here. you wanna play jokes, go to the lounge.

06-06-2003, 03:08 PM	#5
Guest Posts: n/a	Just for the record - THIS IS NO JOKE - I saw it it with my own eyes!