inteligence in fish

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#1 Post by **seanie35** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 4:44 pm

right lads weve had the tastiest fish, the best fighting fish hows about the cleverest fish. Is it the mullet with its renowned spookiness or is that just because its got a messed up kisser :shock:

or the 20 year old conger living beneath the pier thats seen it all. Anyone got any stories that showed a fish to have more brains than a chicken :idea:

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#2 Post by **The Austrian** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 4:54 pm

A small fish found in streams across Europe has a human-like ability to learn, British scientists reported Wednesday.

The nine-spined stickleback could be the first animal to exhibit a key human social learning strategy that allows it to compare the behavior of others to its own experience and make choices that lead it to better food supplies.

"Small fish may have small brains but they still have some surprising cognitive abilities," said Jeremy Kendal of Durham University.

Kendal and colleagues from St. Andrews University found in tests that 75 percent of sticklebacks were clever enough to know from watching others that a feeder in a tank was rich in food, even though they had previously got little from it themselves.

This ability represents an unusually sophisticated social learning skill not yet found in other animals, they reported in the journal Behavioral Ecology.

http://www.inthenews.co.uk/news/environ ... 304546.htm

#3 Post by **youngrod** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 7:35 pm

them bloody flattys :lol:

or eels and doggie

#4 Post by **nicefish** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 8:43 pm

Salmon no contest

#5 Post by **seanie35** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 8:52 pm

The Austrian wrote:A small fish found in streams across Europe has a human-like ability to learn, British scientists reported Wednesday.

The nine-spined stickleback could be the first animal to exhibit a key human social learning strategy that allows it to compare the behavior of others to its own experience and make choices that lead it to better food supplies.

"Small fish may have small brains but they still have some surprising cognitive abilities," said Jeremy Kendal of Durham University.

Kendal and colleagues from St. Andrews University found in tests that 75 percent of sticklebacks were clever enough to know from watching others that a feeder in a tank was rich in food, even though they had previously got little from it themselves.

This ability represents an unusually sophisticated social learning skill not yet found in other animals, they reported in the journal Behavioral Ecology.

http://www.inthenews.co.uk/news/environ ... 304546.htm

was just thinking that :lol:

nicefish wrote:Salmon no contest

yeah salmon have a lot of seriouso thinking to do with migration and all

youngrod wrote:them bloody flattys or eels and doggie

dont think doggies will make the list

#6 Post by **eric** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 12:01 am

i dont believe fish have any major level of inteligence they simply act according to instinct, they cant figure things out. dolphins now they're an intelignet fish!!

#7 Post by **seanie35** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 12:26 am

eric wrote:i dont believe fish have any major level of inteligence they simply act according to instinct, they cant figure things out. dolphins now they're an intelignet fish!!

true eric well out of flipper,skippy and lassie flipper saved people whilst looking the dumber of pack. :mrgreen:

judging by the no show of stories of clever fish it's looking like their pretty much a dumb creature

#8 Post by **gfkelly1969** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 12:52 am

i think fish are very intelligent,they seem to be very good avoiding my hooks

#9 Post by **red** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 9:02 am

eric wrote: dolphins now they're an intelignet fish!!

arent dolphins mammals??? :lol:

#10 Post by **eyesreilly** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 1:38 pm

seanie35 wrote:Re: inteligence in fish .

eric wrote:i dont believe fish have any major level of inteligence they simply act according to instinct, they cant figure things out. dolphins now they're an intelignet fish!!

Did you mean: intelligence ,,,Lads are we talking about intelligence in fish :roll:

#11 Post by **rustyhookthomas** » Sun Jun 28, 2009 4:08 am

cod!
have you been codded! and i don't mean bray head!!!!

loads in dalkey, you just need to know how to cod them to take yer bait!

#12 Post by **seanie35** » Sun Jun 28, 2009 3:37 pm

eyesreilly wrote:
seanie35 wrote:Re: inteligence in fish .

eric wrote:i dont believe fish have any major level of inteligence they simply act according to instinct, they cant figure things out. dolphins now they're an intelignet fish!!

Did you mean: intelligence ,,,Lads are we talking about intelligence in fish

looks like weve been caugh out by the auld conger that lives under the pier :lol:

#13 Post by **kenf41** » Sun Jun 28, 2009 4:08 pm

its the salmon of knowledge!!
or could be young bass that live in a school