Can Convict Cichlids (Amatitlania siquia) Socially Learn the Degree of Predation Risk Associated with Novel Visual Cues in Their Environment?

摘要: For many animals, the ability to distinguish cues indicative of predation risk from unrelated is not entirely innate, but rather learned and improved with experience. Two pathways such learning are possible. First, an animal could initially express antipredator behaviour toward a wide range subsequently learn which those non-threatening. Alternatively, it no them threatening. While recognition threatening may occur either through personal interaction cue (asocial learning) or observation social companions (social learning), non-threatening seems exclusively habituation, form asocial learning. Here, we tested whether convict cichlid fish (Amatitlaniasiquia) can socially recognize visual in their environment as We exposed juvenile cichlids simultaneously novel one three (visual) cues: non-risk (the sight conspecifics that had previously been habituated cue), trained fear control treatment cue. The subsequent response focal fish, when presented alone, was influenced by they witnessed. therefore did find evidence our study use consider alternative explanations for findings.