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MR. E. G BRYANT, in NATURE of November 14, asks a question regarding the effect of moonlight in “turning” fish. I have lived many years in South Africa, and have encountered the same belief, that moonlight will hasten the turning bad of fish: and at one time, when living at Muizenberg, I obtained some experimental proof of the moon's action on fish. It seems curious, at first sight, that moonlight, which has so little effect on meteorological instruments, should have this effect on fish. I have thought it probably due to insects or some low form of life which would be abroad, or be stimulated to action, on moonlight nights and not on dark nights.
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HUTCHINS, D. The Moon and Poisonous Fish.. Nature 90, 382 (1912). https://doi.org/10.1038/090382b0
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