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- From: wells@cs.swarthmore.edu (Daniel Wells)
- Newsgroups: alt.aquaria,rec.aquaria
- Subject: Re: Fish intelligence
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- Date: 28 Jan 93 04:59:51 GMT
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- As for the intelligence of R. acealaetus(spelling?), the only fish I have
- ever seen that really showed learned behavior was one of these. I had one
- for three years in a 30 gallon tank (often alone, sometimes with a few
- damsels or a tang). The trigger learned to recognize me, and would always
- rise to the surface whenever I walked into the room, seemingly expecting a
- handout. The same fish also learned to recognize my father(who often helped
- with water changes , tank reorganizations and other things that scare fish),
- and would duck under a coral when my father so much as looked into the tank
- (well before he actually stuck a hand in). The fish was seemingly indifferent
- to other people.
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- -Dan
-