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Aquarium Visitors Catch Some Rays: Rays Are More Active in the Presence of More Visitors

SIMPLE SUMMARY: Research on the welfare of elasmobranchs (i.e., rays, sharks, and skates) in human care is lacking. Therefore, we observed the behaviors of members of four ray species in the presence of aquarium visitors. The rays spent more of their time performing active behaviors (i.e., swimming...

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Autores principales: Truax, Jordyn, Vonk, Jennifer, Meri, Eness, Troxell-Smith, Sandra M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10668762/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38003144
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani13223526