Comments on: Stickleback Fish Learn Like Humans, Despite Tiny Little Fish Brains

By: Erik

Erik — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 07:18:55 +0000

Did they clean the tanks in order to get rid of scent clues between feedings??

By: Mike from The Biosphere, Now.

Mike from The Biosphere, Now. — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:40:57 +0000

@Nate you are getting into some metaphysical weeds when you say “merely” instinctual. Know what I mean?

By: John Jones

John Jones — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:08:56 +0000

No way dude, who would have thunk it?

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By: XXXX

XXXX — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:08:05 +0000

Could it be that they were only following the left-over scent and the potency of that scent? From what I gathered, they didn’t swap the water, but they only swapped the feeders.

By: Bob Hanson

Bob Hanson — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:04:35 +0000

What a vast improvement it would be if we could only get them to run for congress.

By: YouRang

YouRang — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:29:52 +0000

Did they clean the tanks in order to get rid of scent clues between feedings?

By: Nate @ Rational Imperative

Nate @ Rational Imperative — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 07:26:27 +0000

Very interesting. I always love to see small glimpses of reason in other animals. To see an inductive line of thinking in a fish like this has got to challenge our conception of what makes life intelligent. However, it is important to note that this behavior could be merely instinctual. Given the structure of a fish brain, it’s fairly improbable that the fish comprehends the reasoning behind where he searches for food.

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 03:01:01 +0000

Animals are smarter than we think.

400,000,000+ years of evolution. 400,000,000+ years of evolution.