#smart fish

[scishow]

Meet the triggerfish, one of the most voracious and intelligent marine hunters! Studying their unique problem solving skills could help us understand how intelligence evolves.

[theclockworkjudas]

I've only had him for a day, but my betta is the smartest fish I have ever had. He comes up to the glass on his tank when I approach. He does "follow the finger". He's not shy. He takes food from a tweezer.

I LOVE PENNYWISE(the fish)

[happymilatv]

HAPPY MILA TV #130 | HOW TO FISH - AQUABOT - SMART FISH - RC ANGELFISH - CORAL COVE - SEAHORSES

Today Mila and her daddy are unboxing and playing with HEXBUG AquaBot Smart Fish Technology Coral Cove and Remote Control Angelfish. Experience ocean floor beauty at your home with these amazing artificial creatures. First set which is called Coral Cove includes a water tank and two small seahorses. Fill water tank with water, put batteries into the seahorses and place them in the water. They will automatically turn on when placed in the water and turn off when removed from it. They can swim at various speeds and depth. Seahorses will fall asleep after five minutes so you will have to tap on the tank to wake the fishes back up. Second toy is remote controlled angelfish. It has almost all of the features of seahorses plus you can control it using a remote. Watch our video review about these beautiful toy fishes.

[just-really-terrible-blog]

Tool use observed in fish.

A professional diver exploring the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Australia recently snapped the first photos of a fish using tools. The diver, Scott Gardner, came across a blackspot tuskfish (Choerodon schoenleinii) that was hovering over a sandy area near a rock with a clam in its mouth. The tuskfish rolled on its side and, with a repeated cracking noise, slammed the clam against the rock until the shell fractured. Here’s one of the photos that Gardner took of the industrious (and hungry) tuskfish:

The tuskfish caught on camera was clearly quite skilled at its task, "landing absolutely pinpoint blows" with the shell. A scattering of crushed shells around its anvil rock suggests that Gardner didn't just stumble upon the fish during its original eureka moment.

Tool use was once thought to be a primarily human behaviour, however the manipulation of tools to achieve preconceived goals is a behaviour much more widespread among animals than was originally thought. Many examples exist, chimps are known to have tool use, and these behaviours are well established in family units. Gorillas are well known to use rocks to crack open nuts, as are capuchin monkeys. Sea otters use a similar technique to open molluscs and urchins.

Dolphins have been observed using a variety of tools (1) (2). In captivity Orang-utans and even dingoes have been observed using tools in order to achieve feats that would otherwise not be possible. Many birds, including keas (a New Zealand parrot) and crows are also capable of tool use 

Taken from online blog, Animal Wise. Source: http://animalwise.org/2011/07/12/tooling-around-underwater/

And online News article. Source: http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/07/diver-snaps-first-photo-of-fish-.html?ref=hp

The research paper regarding this tuskfish behavior, was published in the academic journal: Coral Reefs, the official Journal of the International Society for Reef Studies. Source: http://www.springerlink.com/content/h1463564t1t2t00m/?MUD=MP

[smuttypanda-blog]

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I AM AN EDUCATED FISH!