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Fish Can Count to Four

Posted by samzenpus on from the incredible-mr.-limpet dept.

Khemist writes "Fish can count, according to scientists, who have found that North American mosquito fish have the ability to count up to four. Previously it was known that fish could tell big shoals from small ones, but researchers have now found that they have a limited ability to count how many other fish are nearby. This means that they have similar counting abilities to those observed in apes, monkeys and dolphins and humans with very limited mathematical ability."

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  1. Makes sense by clonan · · Score: 5, Funny

    They are in School!!!

    (Yes I know, I know! It is a stupid joke)

  2. one fish, two fish by stoolpigeon · · Score: 4, Funny

    red fish, blue fish

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    It's hard to believe that's how Micronians are made. Why don't we see it right now by having you both kiss one another?
  3. Does that make it "1 in 4"? by Loibisch · · Score: 3, Funny

    Does that mean the child molestion rate among fish is even higher than among humans.

  4. Bad for cardassians... by geminidomino · · Score: 5, Funny

    Gul Madred: There are five lights.
    Jean-Luc Salmon: I only count four. ... ...
    *6 hours later*
    Gul Madred clicks on a fifth light.
    Madred: How many lights do you see?
    Salmon: There are FOUR lights!
    Madred: *facepalms*

  5. Just like rabbits. by Stavr0 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Rabbits: One, Two, Three, Four, Hrair Fish: One, Two, Three, Four, School

  6. I Can count to Four... by Jeremiah+Cornelius · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...therefore; I am a Fish!
    Q.E.D.

    Now, back to this fascinating "Dianetics" you were talking about....

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    Never been known to fail..."
  7. Perhaps Best Not to Publish This Research by hardburn · · Score: 4, Funny

    This will only encourage PETA to make loud press releases about how fish are "intelligent, sensitive creatures" and how the Inuit diet is a source of great evil in the world.

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    Not a typewriter
  8. Big Deal by trongey · · Score: 4, Funny

    I can count way higher than 4, and nobody's writing research papers about me.
    Stupid fish.

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    You never really know how close to the edge you can go until you fall off.
  9. We finally have proof! by Gregour · · Score: 5, Funny

    My goldfish is smarter than my president.