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Einstein of the Sea.

Authors :
Balcombe, Jonathan
Source :
Scientific American. Jun2016, Vol. 314 Issue 6, p66-69. 4p. 8 Color Photographs.
Publication Year :
2016

Abstract

The article discusses tool use in fish, adapted from the book "What a Fish Knows: The Inner Lives of Our Underwater Cousins, by Jonathan Balcombe, including in regard to cognition in fishes. An overview of tool use by the orange-dotted tuskfish (Choerodon anchorago) to break a clam and by the archerfish's (Toxotes') squirting water in its predation of spiders and insects is provided.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00368733
Volume :
314
Issue :
6
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Scientific American
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
115370472
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/scientificamerican0616-66