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Goldfish Smarter Than Dolphins

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the flying-in-the-face-of-popular-opinion dept.

flergum writes "While dolphins may have big brains, laboratory rats and goldfish can outwit them. It appears that the large brains are a function of their environment rather than intelligence. From the article: 'Dolphins have a superabundance of glia and very few neurons... The dolphin's brain is not made for information processing it is designed to counter the thermal challenges of being a mammal in water.' I guess this means that the Navy will start recruiting and training goldfish for those mine search and destroy missions."

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  1. Goldfish Synchronised Swimming. by GrpA · · Score: 1, Redundant

    After seeing this video, I certainly changed my opinion of goldfish, although I don't know if it's real.

    http://whatthepets.blogspot.com/2006/01/synchroniz ed-swimming-goldfish.html

    However it did remind me of "Skinner" by Neal Asher and his comments on dolphins.

    GrpA

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  2. Re:Smart is one thing... by hackwrench · · Score: 0, Redundant

    You've got to be smarter than the cool plastic castle.

  3. Re:Smart is one thing... by SCPRedMage · · Score: 0, Redundant

    No he does... er, what where we talking about?

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  4. Nope, Mythbustes busted that myth by doublem · · Score: 0, Redundant

    The Mythbusters taught Goldfish how to navigate a maze, and found the Goldfish remembered how to navigate the maze two weeks later.

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