How Smart is a Fish?

[drdiver1952]

Fish, like all animals (including people) are as smart as they needed to be yesterday but are never smart enough for tomorrow, that's the way it works.

Well, more correctly stated, some are smart enough for tomorrow (or even the day after), and some were not smart enough for today or yesterday--that's the way it works.

 

[Jax]

You can train fish. Gently tap the glass and then do a 'c'mere' motin with your fingers. Then feed them right there at that point. Change locations the next feeding time. Tap less and less, and lighter and lighter. After a month or so, they will come to the hand movement.

 

[miketsp]

Oscars are awesome. Like dogs they get all excited when you arrive. My Green Oscar would always follow my movements.

Oscars are great. I had one for over 15 years. It would constantly remodel the aquarium moving the gravel around to different places. It would dismantle the vertical air pump tubes and reassemble them horizontally on the bottom. It would remember faces and definitely took a dislike to some of my neighbours and try to attack them through the glass whenever they appeared.

 

[Calinectes]

Dr. Eugenie Clark (aka The Shark Lady) was training lemon sharks in the late 60's. I don't remember the details but she trained them to do mazes or something like that. She did prove they leaned and remembered their lessons.

 

[Cave Diver]

You can train fish.

But. Why?

Get one to bring me the newspaper and I'll be impressed.

 

[mike_s]

But. Why?

Get one to bring me the newspaper and I'll be impressed.

but why?

It'd just be wet.... and smell like fish...

 

[Sask Diver]

But. Why?

Get one to bring me the newspaper and I'll be impressed.

I like it when thay come home with the paper, they always bring chips

 

[idocsteve]

but why?

It'd just be wet.... and smell like fish...

I don't like the implication here and I bet Cave Diver won't either.

And how the heck do YOU know who was reading it before him?

 

[mike_s]

I don't like the implication here and I bet Cave Diver won't either.

And how the heck do YOU know who was reading it before him?

do you speak for him ?

 

[idocsteve]

do you speak for him ?

No but there was no other way to work the joke.

As it is I'm going to bet most people aren't going to get it.

Did YOU?