Posted on 02/10/2003 12:20:05 AM PST by Sabertooth
Edited on 07/12/2004 4:00:50 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
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Yup.
Precisely. Just because *we* process/feel pain in a particular brain structure, doesn't mean that fish do it in the same place or the same manner.
For another example, parrots process language in an entirely different part of their brains than humans do, but there's absolutely no doubt that they can parse language, learn and remember words and simple grammars, and formulate their own utterances and sentences relevant to what they're trying to communicate.
African Grey parrots can have language skills on the level of a human toddler, using a brain the size of half a walnut. And old parrots are nearly impossible to outsmart, they've seen it all and are wise to the ways of humans -- in fact, they get pretty good at outsmarting *us* if we don't watch out. This makes me wonder just how "dumb" those (relatively) small-brained dinosaurs might have actually been.
Maybe it's true...I hope so. But manatees and dolphins are mammals right? Otters?
Anyways, I am sure that these fish had a degree of self-awareness and intelligence. This guy might have a point though, I knew a guy who would perform surgery on his koi, sometimes without knocking them out. Once you held them down, you could cut them without any further apparent discomfort, other than what was shown for being held down and all.. sounds gruesome I know. Usually though he would knock the little guy out, just to keep him from flopping.
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