The Hidden Lives of Fish | 水產百科網

Dr. Sylvia Earle, one of the world’s leading marine biologists, said this:

“I never eat anyone I know personally. I wouldn’t deliberately eat a grouper any more than I’d eat a cocker spaniel. They’re so good-natured, so curious. You know, fish are sensitive, they have personalities, they hurt when they’re wounded.”

Scientists are learning more and more about our finned friends[1], and their discoveries are fascinating.

Hundreds of scientific papers about fish intelligence show that these animals are smart, that they can use tools, and that they have impressive long-term memories and sophisticated social structures. A paper published in the journal Fish and Fisheries said that they’re “steeped in social intelligence … exhibiting stable cultural traditions, and cooperating to inspect predators and catch food.”

Dr. Culum Brown, a Macquarie University biologist who is studying the evolution of cognition in fish, says this:

“Fish are more intelligent th...