US EditionExperiments show wild fish can recognize individual divers
- European researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior claim that wild fish can recognize individual divers based on external visual cues.
- The study revealed that fish followed only those divers who previously carried food, indicating differentiated relationships with specific humans.
- After training, around 20 fish followed diver Katinka Soller, who identified many of them by physical traits and gave them names.
- The research suggests that fish can develop bonds with humans, challenging assumptions about their cognitive abilities and relationships.
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People are all the same. Because fish can recognize different people. Researchers found this out during dives in Corsica: "It was as if they were studying us and not the other way around."
Wild fish can recognize individual divers
For years, scientific divers at a research station in the Mediterranean Sea had a problem: at some point in every field season, local fish would follow them and steal food intended as experimental rewards. Intriguingly these wild fish appeared to recognize the specific diver who had previously carried food, choosing to follow only them while ignoring other divers. To find out if that was true, a team conducted a series of experiments while weari…
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Study author, Maëlan Tomasek, with a “volunteer” in the experiment conducted in the Mediterranean Sea. Credit: Maëlan Tomasek European researchers have made the startling claim that fish can recognise individual divers. In a peer reviewed paper published today in Biology Letters, the research team from the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior (MPI-AB) in Germany conducted a series of experiments while wearing a range of diving gear, finding t…
Experiments show wild fish can recognize individual divers
For years, scientific divers at a research station in the Mediterranean Sea had a problem: at some point in every field season, local fish would follow them and steal food intended as experimental rewards. Intriguingly, these wild fish appeared to recognize the specific diver who had previously carried food, choosing to follow only them while ignoring other divers.
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