Will fish or other animals breed when in distress.

[wild bill]

I am asking this question to find out what others have found. It is my belief that fish or any animal will not breed and raise their young if they are in any kind of distress. There fore I believe if creatures are content in their surroundings they will will breed and raise their young what do you think.

 

[addyaddy98]

This is really an interesting question. Stress impact the reproduction power but this doe not stop breeding completely. I am just curious to know that how did you find out that fish is stressed. Have you noticed certain behavior. Please share your findings.

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[wild bill]

No it is'nt that we had a stressed fish or anything like that as most of our fish are breeding to well. The reason I asked this is that we have a private zoo and the ARA's are always saying our animals are stressed and unhappy. Yet every year we manage to raise little animals no problem and the young are reared by their parents. I was under the assumption that if animals were unhappy or stressed that this would not take place. That is why I asked this question and would like to know what others think I am open to all answers lets just be polite.

 

[Bderick67]

I've had convicts breed in a piranha tank, not sure that was without stress. Of coarse once the young arrived it became too stressful for the RBPs and the convict parents were removed.

 

[skjl47]

Hello; This may be too far afield to be relevant to the question about animals/fish in general, but the people in war torn and/or famine stricken parts of the world continue to have children and do so for decades in some places.

 

[Ogre One]

Hello; This may be too far afield to be relevant to the question about animals/fish in general, but the people in war torn and/or famine stricken parts of the world continue to have children and do so for decades in some places.

 

[J.Lake]

haha some fish it seems like know how to do only one thing. breed. Ive had shelldwellers breed even while diff shelldwellers attacked them constantly and killer their young. They just kept on breeding away like the Duggars

 

[wild bill]

All good points but I think fish in general breed expecting only a small portion of fry will survive. A lot of animals will kill their young if under stress in captivity it is a known fact in the fur industry mothers with young must not be disturbed. As for people I think we have a much higher tolerance to stress than most animals just look at the stress we are in everyday yet we thrive.

 

[fly boy]

hi , good question . i know from my salt water days that giant clams release spawn when they become extremely stressed , which then triggers other clams to do the same . i think that's a survival of the species technique