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Water dogs disappeared for years. Suddenly, they started showing
up again.
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These water dogs measure a little over 10 inches.
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Though not air breathers (note the external gills), they come to the
surface for floating food sticks.
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And for feeder goldfish.
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Not all bellies are created equal.
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Nor was every water dog equally hungry for goldfish.
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Pink convicts (tough little cookies) pretty much ignore the hungry water
dogs.
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Not all external gills are equal. This guy's nearly ready to
change.
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His gills are much more efficient.
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Another fringe gill example.
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When well fed, water dogs get along fine. When hungry, they start
chomping on each other.
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Typical (fish free) Iowa water dog biotope.
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Don't let that smile fool you.
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Because water dogs are champion chompers. Water dogs grab worms
then go into a
crocodile roll.
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Once he captures his nightcrawler, he makes off with it.
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You can run but you can't hide.
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You can't hide from the other hungry water dogs.
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To the victor goes the spoils.
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Grabbing it in the middle may decrease the grabbable ends.
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Each water dog eventually got his own nightcrawler.
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Next day they ate goldfish pellets. Most of them preferred to snap
at my fingers at the same time.
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But they settled for second best.
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Did we mention water dogs are not good mixers?
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They do enjoy goldfish.
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They also like aquatic turtle pellets
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When eating, they also chomp on to each other.
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