Study: Fish Feel Pain, Recognize Individuals Like Mammals

News Max ^ | June 23 2014 | Greg Richter

[PoloSec]

Fish can feel pain and some have the ability to remember, including being able to recognize individual members of their species, according to a study by Australian researcher Culum Brown in the journal Animal Cognition.

In the study "Fish Intelligence, Sentience and Ethics," Brown looked at multiple studies on fish and their sensory abilities as compared to other vertebrates. He found that many species of fish have sophisticated senses of vision and smell, just like a mammals, and some have memories.

One experiment involved training fish to flee danger by swimming through a specific hole in a net. When the fish were reintroduced to the situation a year later, they remembered the hole and swam through it.

Fish not only remember individuals, Brown wrote, but can pass on "cultural traditions" to succeeding generations, such as where to find food. They also build partnerships with others, including with other species, to hunt for food and build nests by moving stones.

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He says the evidence suggest fish should be afforded the same animal rights protections as other species who feel pain.

[rarestia]

Good bye sport fishing. It was fun and sustaining for the last 10,000 years or so.

[cripplecreek]

[Sacajaweau]

I remember a bass glaring at me. It was a big hook. He wasn't happy. Well, I didn't like his glaring....

And so we ate him for supper. The end.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

Here we go. Fish are human too. They're just like Nemo or some other Disney cartoon where they are living together in harmony until evil man starts killing them. Not only will this be used to try to stop sports fishing, but will also be used to show how evil it is to keep aquariums.

[Lou L]

Good bye sport fishing.

Sport fishing? I'd say commercial fishing won't be too far behind. The animal rights' crowd won't be happy until we're all eating dirt.

[Izzy Dunne]

Fish can feel pain

This will be a surprise to some folks.

They thought the nerves were for.... decoration?

[tbpiper]

Study: Fish Feel Pain, Recognize Individuals Like Mammals....and they’re tasty.

[MeshugeMikey]

[Starstruck]

I’ve had catfish talk to me when I catch them. but I just figure they’re giving me some PETA baloney and eat them anyway.

[Bratch]

[Uncle Miltie]

And then we bonk ‘em and eat ‘em!

Yum!

[Raycpa]

Good thing fetus’s don’t feel pain.

[HereInTheHeartland]

Plant rights as well:

http://www.vegetablecruelty.com/about/

[Red Badger]

[Objective Scrutator]

Where will this liberal anarcho-primitivist agenda end? Next thing you know, we're not going to be allowed to exterminate insects out of our homes. It's not like this is far-fetched, either; one of the modern day environmentalist manifestos is Silver Spring, which was a deliberate attempt to have DDT banned out of a desire to have people exterminated by mosquitoes. Environmentalism is just a socially acceptable variation of misanthropy.

[Biggirl]

No wonder after I had fish and had gotten fish, the fish open their mouths.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Yeah, I guess so.

Shall I tell them that fish try to get away when they are being eaten by another fish?

[Ben Mugged]

I wonder if the salmon I ate last night recognized me?

[PastorBooks]

“...won’t be happy until we’re all eating dirt.”

Not dirt... Soylent.