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Study finds wild fish have ability to recognize individual human divers
One captive-bred species, archerfish, was able to recognize computer-generated images of human faces in lab experiments.
Oh hey, it's you! Fish can recognize humans, research shows
If they get food from a person, they will recognize them next time and follow them persistently. Less generous divers, on the other hand, tend to be ignored, as evidenced by researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Animal Behavior (MPIAB) in the German city of Constance.
Scientists perplexed to see wild fish recognise specific humans: ‘It was like they were studying us’
Scientists at a Mediterranean research station have found that some wild fish can tell apart humans, recognising and targeting specific divers who had fed them before. The study, published in the journal Biology Letters on Tuesday,
Fish Can Recognize People From What They're Wearing
While they're probably not judging anybody on their fashion choices, fish can tell people apart based on their outfits, according to a new study. Researchers say sea bream in the Mediterranean Sea could tell divers apart from subtle differences in their diving gear and followed the one that would reward them with food,
Fish surprise scientists with ability to recognize humans by our outfits
Fish in the ocean can tell humans apart by what we're wearing underwater, a new study suggests. While domestic animals like dogs can obviously distinguish between people, it's been less clear that wild animals have developed this capability.
Wild fish can recognize individual divers
For years, scientific divers at a research station in the Mediterranean Sea had a problem: at some point in every field season, local fish would follow them and steal food intended as experimental rewards.
One of the 'World's Rarest' Fish, Thought to Be Extinct, Rediscovered After 85 Years
One of the 'world's rarest' fish species that was presumed to be extinct, the Chel snakehead, was rediscovered in the town of ...
A Rare ‘Doomsday’ Fish Is Spotted Swimming in Mexico
Oarfish are rarely documented by scientists, but one was seen this month by a group visiting a beach in Mexico.
Anglerfish — or folk hero? Why this 6-inch deep-sea fish won over the internet’s hearts
"This could be the first recorded sighting in the world of an adult black devil or abyssal anglerfish (Melanocetus johnsonii) ...
The Biggest Fish Ever Caught
We look at some of the biggest fish ever caught by anglers around the world. These fish were all caught with a rod-and-reel, ...
Can This Fish Make You Cry?
It is easy to believe that the black seadevil anglerfish, with its gaping maw of razor-like teeth, a bioluminescent rod ...
Fish species thought to be extinct for 85 years rediscovered
Researchers have rediscovered a rare fish species presumed to be extinct after it was not seen for more than eight decades.