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- noun common name for the
catfish (orderSiluriformes ) family Malapteruridae.
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- noun freshwater catfish of the Nile and tropical central Africa having an electric organ
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ruzuzu commented on the word electric catfish
"It is one of the few electric species that have been conditioned by means of reward to discharge on signal. As reported in the New York Times, April 2, 1967, a researcher, Dr. Frank J. Mandriota of City College, NY, conditioned a M. Electricus to discharge on a light signal for a reward of live worms delivered automatically. This is a first in conditioning that modified neither glandular nor muscular responses."
--Wikipedia
November 16, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word electric catfish
*press*
November 16, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word electric catfish
ZZZZZAAPPP!
November 16, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word electric catfish
Mmm. A delicious... worm....
Ew.
November 16, 2011