http://www.uoguelph.ca/news/2010/08/_br ... e_det.html
It's definitely nothing overly complex or surprising but still interesting
Brain Size Determines Whether Fish are Hunters or Slackers
Brain Size Determines Whether Fish are Hunters or Slackers
While it wasn't done on puffers I thought this might interest some of you.
http://www.uoguelph.ca/news/2010/08/_br ... e_det.html
It's definitely nothing overly complex or surprising but still interesting
http://www.uoguelph.ca/news/2010/08/_br ... e_det.html
It's definitely nothing overly complex or surprising but still interesting
It is absurd to talk of one animal being higher than another. We consider those, when the cerebral structure/intellectual faculties most developed, as highest. A bee doubtless would when the instincts were.
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Re: Brain Size Determines Whether Fish are Hunters or Slackers
Awesome find and a great read!
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Re: Brain Size Determines Whether Fish are Hunters or Slackers
I hate the article title, lol. It's quite interesting, but the researchers specifically say that overall brain size is not so different, but that the behavioral differences are correlated with the development of a particular portion of the brain. They don't even know if the behavior results in the brain differences, or if the brain differences stimulate the active hunting vs. lurking behaviors in these trout.
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Re: Brain Size Determines Whether Fish are Hunters or Slackers
Yeah, the title is horrible 
I imagine they'll go on to look at those things or someone else will.
I imagine they'll go on to look at those things or someone else will.It is absurd to talk of one animal being higher than another. We consider those, when the cerebral structure/intellectual faculties most developed, as highest. A bee doubtless would when the instincts were.
Charles Darwin
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