Eisenbeiser Sofia, Serbe-Kamp Étienne, Gage Gregory J, Marzullo Timothy C
Research and Development, Backyard Brains, Ann Arbor, MI 48104, USA.
Neuroscience Department, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI 48197, USA.
Animals (Basel). 2022 Jun 30;12(13):1684. doi: 10.3390/ani12131684.
It is common to observe play in dogs, cats, and birds, but have we been ignoring play in one of the most common house pets of all… fish? Aquarium fish are often used as meditative decoration in family households, but it could be that fish have similarly diverse behavioral repertoires as mammals and birds. To examine this theory, we conducted field tests at local pet stores where a range of aquarium fish species was tested for responsiveness to laser pointer stimuli. Out of 66 species of fish tested, over 80% showed a tendency to be interested in the moving laser spots, particularly red ones. Whether this behavior constitutes play is an active topic of investigation that we examine in this work.
在狗、猫和鸟类中观察到玩耍行为很常见，但我们是否一直忽视了所有常见家养宠物之一……鱼的玩耍行为呢？观赏鱼常常被用作家庭中的冥想装饰，但鱼可能拥有与哺乳动物和鸟类同样多样的行为模式。为了验证这一理论，我们在当地宠物店进行了实地测试，对一系列观赏鱼品种进行了激光笔刺激反应测试。在测试的66种鱼中，超过80%表现出对移动的激光点感兴趣的倾向，尤其是红色激光点。这种行为是否构成玩耍是一个正在积极研究的课题，我们将在这项工作中进行探讨。
