UM-Bot Posted November 12, 2017 #1 Share Posted November 12, 2017 Scientists have found evidence to suggest that some fish can use a form of rudimentary sign language. http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/313281/fish-could-be-as-intelligent-as-chimpanzees 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsec Posted November 12, 2017 #2 Share Posted November 12, 2017 Omg, finding nemo is true! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHaYap Posted November 12, 2017 #3 Share Posted November 12, 2017 Dora on the other hand ... ~ 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsec Posted November 12, 2017 #4 Share Posted November 12, 2017 The more we study, the more we learn and discover how actually intelligent and smart other species are. This posits an interesting moral question: would people still be ok to eat animals that are able to think like a 5-7 years old child? Probably yes, but still it makes you wonder. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon the frog Posted November 12, 2017 #5 Share Posted November 12, 2017 WOW ! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amanda Evans Posted November 12, 2017 #6 Share Posted November 12, 2017 That was amazing. The Clown Fish!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlitterRose Posted November 12, 2017 #7 Share Posted November 12, 2017 2 hours ago, Parsec said: The more we study, the more we learn and discover how actually intelligent and smart other species are. This posits an interesting moral question: would people still be ok to eat animals that are able to think like a 5-7 years old child? Probably yes, but still it makes you wonder. Probably not. That's why it was in our interest to believe they were stupid. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmer77 Posted November 13, 2017 #8 Share Posted November 13, 2017 As a lifelong dedicated fly fishing addict I can absolutely believe this is true. Nothing worse than coming across "educated" fish who have seen every trick in the book and run up to the fly just to examine it and turn and swim away. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlitterRose Posted November 13, 2017 #9 Share Posted November 13, 2017 3 hours ago, Farmer77 said: As a lifelong dedicated fly fishing addict I can absolutely believe this is true. Nothing worse than coming across "educated" fish who have seen every trick in the book and run up to the fly just to examine it and turn and swim away. There was a really funny poem I read once. I can't remember all of it now, but the last line went something like... This grown man with a prayer and a wish Is trying to outwit... A fish Apparently, not such an easy task, after all. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fred_mc Posted November 13, 2017 #10 Share Posted November 13, 2017 Wow, impressive. Maybe the fish are having a meeting right now on how to take revenge on humans for eating them. Maybe they are drawing lots on which fish that should go tell the sharks to attack the humans. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papageorge1 Posted November 13, 2017 #11 Share Posted November 13, 2017 As an aquarium owner for many years I already believed fish were smarter than science understands. If I've done something like a new feeding method in the tank only a couple of times they seem to know the procedure in future times. This seems more so for longer-lived species. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_KB_ Posted November 13, 2017 #12 Share Posted November 13, 2017 Well they don't wage war on their own kin so they're bound to be smarter than humans... yeah i said it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperdyer Posted November 14, 2017 #13 Share Posted November 14, 2017 (edited) I think we need to check the cockroach as well. They seem pretty smart. They always hide when they know I see one because they already know what happens next if they don't. Edited November 14, 2017 by paperdyer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldrover Posted November 14, 2017 #14 Share Posted November 14, 2017 On 11/13/2017 at 0:12 AM, Farmer77 said: As a lifelong dedicated fly fishing addict I can absolutely believe this is true. Nothing worse than coming across "educated" fish who have seen every trick in the book and run up to the fly just to examine it and turn and swim away. All the fish round here have been to university. Especially the bass, they're all engaged in post doctoral studies. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Posted November 15, 2017 #15 Share Posted November 15, 2017 On 13/11/2017 at 5:18 PM, _KB_ said: Well they don't wage war on their own kin so they're bound to be smarter than humans... yeah i said it They pretty much all eat whatever they can, including each other. Everything is just evolutionary survival. Do you know what a fish is? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_KB_ Posted November 15, 2017 #16 Share Posted November 15, 2017 24 minutes ago, Timonthy said: They pretty much all eat whatever they can, including each other. Everything is just evolutionary survival. Do you know what a fish is? yes, though I've never seen a flounder eat a flounder, and sharks (and other carnivorous species) usually don't eat other members of their own species, just the other ones 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunzilla Posted November 15, 2017 #17 Share Posted November 15, 2017 I'll believe it. When we owned Koi, we saw many examples of just how smart they could be. One of the older fish that we'd named 'Sparkles' (yes, I know), used to herd up all the younger koi at feeding time, and make sure they all got enough to eat before allowing the other older koi to come in and eat. People used to look at me like I was crazy when I told them that, but this was a regular occurrence. Every day. There were also two koi that where friends. They were always together. Which made it rather heartbreaking when a stupid heron came along and ate one of them. The other one was never the same after, the way it acted, you could somehow tell it was depressed. Yet another reason why I consider fish 'meat' and refuse to eat them. I'm a vegetarian, not a piscatarian. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spud the mackem Posted November 15, 2017 #18 Share Posted November 15, 2017 5 hours ago, _KB_ said: yes, though I've never seen a flounder eat a flounder, and sharks (and other carnivorous species) usually don't eat other members of their own species, just the other ones Incorrect I've just watched a David Attenbrough program where young sharks were swimming about then along came a 10 foot Bull Shark which ate 2 small ones, they are mobile rubbish skips that eat whatever is available, we caught and opened one up and inside was a crushed coke can and a car number plate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldrover Posted November 15, 2017 #19 Share Posted November 15, 2017 5 hours ago, Bunzilla said: I'll believe it. When we owned Koi, we saw many examples of just how smart they could be. One of the older fish that we'd named 'Sparkles' (yes, I know). I had a koi called Sparkles, but we changed it's name to Emma. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_KB_ Posted November 16, 2017 #20 Share Posted November 16, 2017 16 hours ago, spud the mackem said: Incorrect I've just watched a David Attenbrough program where young sharks were swimming about then along came a 10 foot Bull Shark which ate 2 small ones, they are mobile rubbish skips that eat whatever is available, we caught and opened one up and inside was a crushed coke can and a car number plate. in that case i was misinformed and owe my old biology teacher a strongly worded email Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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