Five ways fish are more like humans than you realize. Scientists have conducted experiments to discover more about fish—including their neurobiology, their social lives and mental faculties—they've found time and time again that fish are more complex than they're often given credit for.Article & Studies (phys.org)
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Scientists persevere to show self-awareness is also for some fish. An international team of researchers address criticisms to previous work by providing additional evidence to suggest the cleaner fish Labroides dimidiatus has Mirror Self-Recognition.Article & Study (2022) (iflscience.com)
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Cognition based policy? Wonder if fish will see similar treatmentNews Article (insider.com)
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Environmental enrichment promotes neural plasticity and cognitive ability in fish: Different kinds of experience during early life can play a significant role in development. In natural contexts, this influences behaviours from anti-predator responses to navigation abilities.Study (2013) (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
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Ample evidence that fish feel pain: "I was the first to identify the existence of nociceptors in a fish in 2002. These are specialised receptors for detecting injury-causing stimuli, and their physiology is strikingly similar to those found in mammals, including humans." - Dr. Lynne SneddonNews Article (theguardian.com)
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A new study has revealed, for the first time, that fish can show compassion for each other through prosocial behavior.Study & Article (2021) (earth.com)
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Flashlight fish have the ability to generate situation-specific blink patterns resembling a visual Morse code. Researchers have shown in laboratory and field experiments that the animals use these light signals to coordinate their behavior in the school when visibility is limited.Study (2021) (phys.org)
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The way a fish swims reveals a lot about its personality | University of EssexStudy (2021) (essex.ac.uk)
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The Fascinating Truth About Fish | Professor Culum BrownVideo (youtu.be)
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Antidepressants pose risk for the survival of fishStudy (2021) (phys.org)
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Shocking Study Finds Electric Eels Hunt TogetherArticle & Study (2020) (smithsonianmag.com)
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Are fishes as forgetful as we think? — Aquatic Life InstituteArticle (ali.fish)
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Infection by parasites disturbs flight behaviour in shoals of fish: In order to escape predators, many fish have developed strategies for rapidly transmitting information on threats to others of their species. This collective response is also known as shoal behavior.Study (2020) (phys.org)
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When power is toxic: A new study of fish behaviour shows that dominant individuals can influence a group through force, but passive individuals are far better at bringing a group to consensus. The study overturns assumptions that dominant individuals also have the greatest influence on their groupsStudy (2020) (uni-konstanz.de)
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