Evolution of Cooperative Breeding

[gwand]

Evolution of cooperative breeding in cichlids of Lake Tanganyika. Interesting article.

https://phys.org/news/2026-03-village-cooperative-lake-tanganyika-fish.html

 

[GaryE]

A project that I've sometimes daydreamed about would be a huge hardwater, Lake Tanganyika tank. I'm talking at least six to eight feet, and ideally more than that.

Into it, I would put two pairs of tiny little Neolamprologus marunguensis. No other fish. And I'd watch for a couple of years to see the villages grow, and how they'd interact.

Beautiful fish, beautiful behaviour but with limits imposed by our puny tanks...