Most intelligent aquarium fish ?

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An oscars and a saltwater cowfish I once had were my smartest fish, again recognizing me and playing at times.
 
Stella said:
Speaking of cichlids, can't you also say that animals that mate for life tend to be more intelligent? That seems to be something reserved for more advanced life forms.

Laura
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Dont really agree with ya, I view it more like a survival skill. Once ya find the best possible mate, ya stick with him or her. :) (unless he or she cheats on ya :ROFL: )
 
Stella said:
Speaking of cichlids, can't you also say that animals that mate for life tend to be more intelligent? That seems to be something reserved for more advanced life forms.

Laura
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I wounld't think so, very few mammals actually mate for life and the includes the smart species such as dophins, elephants, all cats and most if not all primates with the exception of humans. I don't think most cichlids mate for life eather...more like just for a mateing season.
 
That is utterly absurd and even more arrogant. Actually, hardly any advanced animals mate for life.

The flaw here lies in her (Stella's/Laura's) presumptions/presumptuousness. She considers herself to be the most advanced life form and draws her conclusions from there. It is further aggravated through her very intolerant Judaeo-Christian upbringing and ethical values. This premise, although erroneous, is typical to the Human Sapiens species and is best illustrated through the species self-assigned name.

There can be many defintions of intelligence. If one was to try being objective and define intelligence as several inellectual abilities (with self-awareness being but one) several marine mammals as well as elephants beat Humans hands/fins/trunks down.
 
guppy said:
It paid attention to what was going on in the room and would swim along the side the cat was on. It would "greet" me when I walked into the room but didn't do loops unless I was carrrying a worm container or feeder bag or bucket. It liked to "play" with feeders by hauling them out of crannies and then letting them go again. After I put a clamp on the tank lid to keep it from pushing against the tank's bottom and lifting the lid it tried a few more times and then stopped. It would take small fish or worms from my fingers by gently tugging on them until I let go. It also played with a bright yellow fishing bobber by dragging it to the bottom and letting it go. And I caught it making long distances phone calls and raiding the fridge when it thought I was asleep. Okay, that last sentence was not true but you get the idea. Animals that play tend to be smarter than those that don't.
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I don't know about the raids on the fridge, but your eel was making long distance calls.
As a matter of fact it was him who referred me to mfk.
 
sandtiger said:
I wounld't think so, very few mammals actually mate for life and the includes the smart species such as dophins, elephants, all cats and most if not all primates with the exception of humans. I don't think most cichlids mate for life eather...more like just for a mateing season.
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block head cichlids mate for life

if one of them dies, the other will not bother to look for a new mate and stay single for the rest of its life

now thats what i call loyal dedication.
 
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