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 | | Using largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) as a model predator, the objective of this experiment was to identify the mechanism(s) (taste, morphology, or behavior) used by hatchling turtles to avoid predation. |
 | | Six experimental food treatments (ground internal organs and meat, ground shell and skin, ground whole turtle, dead hatchlings, anesthetized hatchlings, and active hatchlings) from two turtle species, the red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta) and painted turtle (Chrysemys picta), and one control (ground fish cubes) were randomly presented to individually housed bass. |
 | | Fish ate all treatments except active hatchlings which were attacked but subsequently egested unharmed. |
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