'Genius Fish' Strategizes Like Humans


	'Genius Fish' Strategizes Like Humans

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/4862b983-69cb-4ba4-b02c-7bf29a504778/9C2AEB8B-B0AE-4B06-AA5D-902E32CE6D7A/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/06/17/fish-intelligence.html" href="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/06/17/fish-intelligence.html" style="font-size: 11px;">dsc.discovery.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/06/17/fish-intelligence.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/dsc.discovery.com/img/7E9C7186-CA2A-4B5E-A8BA-98BC61F8AAC7" alt="Good Strategizer " /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/06/17/fish-intelligence.html"><DIV class="smallText">Jennifer Viegas, Discovery News</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/06/17/fish-intelligence.html"><P><STRONG>June 17, 2009</STRONG> -- The Einstein of the fish world may be the nine-spined <A target="_blank" href="http://animals.howstuffworks.com/fish/stickleback-info.htm">stickleback</A>, suggests new research that determined this common European fish possesses an unusually sophisticated capacity for learning not yet documented in any other animal, aside from humans. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/06/17/fish-intelligence.html"><P>The unassuming, <A target="_blank" href="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/01/29/shy-fish-mate.html">small-headed fish</A> proves tiny <A target="_blank" href="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2006/06/30/animalintelligence_ani.html">brains can yield "surprising cognitive abilities</A>," according to project leader Jeremy Kendal, whose team discovered the stickleback can compare the behavior of other fish with its own experiences in order to make better choices.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/06/17/fish-intelligence.html"><P>This learning method, known as "hill-climbing," is necessary for cumulative culture and was thought to be unique to humans.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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