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Week One: Frozen brine shrimp of 8 mm were cut up into measurements of 2, 4, 6, and 8 mm and used as prey, therefore having sizes of whole, three-quarters, half, and one quarter pieces. Guppies were assorted into four class sizes in which the difference between class sizes was around 5 mm. A measured fish was placed solely into a small aquarium that contained a single, selected size of brine shrimp. Handling time was recorded to be when the fish first began to eat the prey to when the fish actually swallowed the prey. This process was repeated using four fish of each size class recording the handling times of different prey size classes. A cut off time was set at 5 minutes (300 seconds) if the guppy had not eaten the prey item yet. The handling times, prey size, and predator size were used to calculate the optimal prey for each guppy size class.

Week Two: Three guppies of the same size class for the same four size classes from the first week were gathered. A small aqua

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