les gupiies ? pas si bêtes que ça !!!
Posté : 11 août 2006 17:39
Salut,
par hasard, en cherchant des publis sur un sujet qui n'a rien à voir (impact des parasites sur la dispersion), je suis tombé là-dessus :
Why there is better evidence for culture in fish than chimpanzees
Laland, K. N.
Fish have comparatively small brains and are not renowned for their intelligence. Yet a series of laboratory experiments on the guppy reveals that they can be surprisingly good at learning from each other, and that social learning processes can mediate behavioural traditions analogous to the tool using traditions of different populations of chimpanzees. Transmission chain experiments have established that arbitrary and even maladaptive information can be socially transmitted among shoals of fish. Studies of behavioural innovation in guppies are strikingly consistent with findings of equivalent studies in primates. There are strong sex differences in innovatory tendencies and social learning abilities in guppies, which also parallel observations of primates. These studies suggest that the adage 'necessity is the mother of invention' may be a characteristic feature of animal innovation. When considered in combination with the findings of transfer experiments carried out on natural populations of fish, it becomes apparent that fish are an excellent model system for studies of animal social learning and culture.
Journal of Fish Biology
Volume 63 Page 236 - December 2003
doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.2003.0216w.x
est ce que quelqu'un a accès au pdf ?
d'avance merci, Séb
par hasard, en cherchant des publis sur un sujet qui n'a rien à voir (impact des parasites sur la dispersion), je suis tombé là-dessus :
Why there is better evidence for culture in fish than chimpanzees
Laland, K. N.
Fish have comparatively small brains and are not renowned for their intelligence. Yet a series of laboratory experiments on the guppy reveals that they can be surprisingly good at learning from each other, and that social learning processes can mediate behavioural traditions analogous to the tool using traditions of different populations of chimpanzees. Transmission chain experiments have established that arbitrary and even maladaptive information can be socially transmitted among shoals of fish. Studies of behavioural innovation in guppies are strikingly consistent with findings of equivalent studies in primates. There are strong sex differences in innovatory tendencies and social learning abilities in guppies, which also parallel observations of primates. These studies suggest that the adage 'necessity is the mother of invention' may be a characteristic feature of animal innovation. When considered in combination with the findings of transfer experiments carried out on natural populations of fish, it becomes apparent that fish are an excellent model system for studies of animal social learning and culture.
Journal of Fish Biology
Volume 63 Page 236 - December 2003
doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.2003.0216w.x
est ce que quelqu'un a accès au pdf ?
d'avance merci, Séb