Nemo (notice the ridges) is hanging around the ledges again.
Horizontal again, however, I think his head is breaking the surface- although, I'm not sure from this angle.
Again, I'm wondering if there is a trainer, or a visitor that is occupying his attention.
In the meantime, Wake has decided to hang out directly in front of the webcam.
Hello Wake. It gave a great angle, to see how they use their powerful tails to stay afloat.
Moves tail back in forth to stay in same position (think of how you use your legs to stay afloat in water). I believe this is a similar situation.
Nemo is still preoccupied near the ledge.
Head is still exposed, making it unlikely that he is just catching a breath, this would seem highly inefficient, besides I've captured images of him breathing before, and it didn't take anywhere near this amount of time.
Even odder position...
Wake can be seen whilst turning. Interesting how flexible their spines are.
Nemo is finally done, with whatever he was doing.
Nemo is again swimming a path that isn't his circuit.
Makes me believe that his circuit swimming occurs at certain times, perhaps when he is especially nervous. Or even only at very specific times. I will keep an eye on the times in the future.
Notice the movement that seems to originate from Nemo's head and travels down his body, to propel himself forward.
The inertia created by his head, is passed down to his spine which bends inward, ending with his tail moving down, allowing him to increase his speed, and defeat the water resistance.
He then lingers stagnantly for a few seconds.
Starts to swim upwards, until he breaks the surface.
Nemo and Wake sort of interacting, which is a rare sight. Whilst I'm watching they usually just ignore each other. Although, regretfully I'm unable to hear any calls emitted by them as the webcam doesn't support that feature.
And now back to circuit swimming.
To see an actual description of his circuit swimming (as I see it), click on any of the blog posts with the word "circuit" in it. For redundancy sake, I won't repeat the explanation again, on every single blog post. However, I do think it's interesting how he seems to repeat this behavior quite frequently, however, not constantly.
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