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[vgnwtch]

Fight-Watching Fish Can Figure Out Local Pecking Order, Study Shows

Mason Inman
for National Geographic News

January 24, 2007

Comments

[savagefreedom]

Fish are incredibly fascinating... a variety of unrelated fish (even some that would otherwise be hostile towards each other) will actually form orderly queues in order to be rid of parasites by cleaner fish (which may set up "stations" by familiar landmarks such as a bit of reef or what have you.) There is so much we don't know.

[vgnwtch]

There really is.

And it's like we keep saying: The animals aren't getting cleverer, scientists are just taking better notice.

[soulcatcher318]

Its nice to see an article like this...
Particularly in print for those who'd be skeptical or never think of such things.

But at the same time I think its kind of funny in a "duh" sort of way... In the sense that the article is presenting the information like "wow look what we just discovered!"

And I'm sitting here like "You just now figured that out? Heck I can sit in the doctors office and stare at the fish tank in the lobby there for like only 5-10 minutes waiting to get called back for my appointment, and notice the personalities and 'pecking order' of the various fish"

;]

Thanks for sharing though.