A shrimp scrap drifted down the face of a mirror, and a small reef fish tracked it like it was watching a slow-motion ...
Cleaner wrasse quickly learn to recognize themselves in mirrors, and take advantage of the information their reflection provides. They also experiment with the mirror in a way we might call playful, ...
Cleaner wrasse have revealed a remarkable new side of fish intelligence. Marked with fake parasites, they used mirrors to inspect and remove the spots—far faster than seen in earlier tests. Even more ...
Cleaner wrasses (Labroides dimidiatus) thrive in coral reefs around the world. But they’re more than just another pretty face ...
A tiny fish has shown signs of a remarkable level of intelligence in mirror test experiments, not only recognizing itself in ...
A small coral reef fish can recognize itself in a mirror. This discovery challenges long-held ideas about animal intelligence.
In the current study, the scientists observed new behaviors during a series of mirror test experiments, a widely used method ...
Researchers at Osaka Metropolitan University in Japan have discovered a previously undiscovered behavior in cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus). When presented with a mirror, the tiny fish not only ...
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