DO FISH HAVE PHD'S? - Neil - Jan 4 2016

DO FISH HAVE PHD'S?


We have all heard about that 'wily' brown trout or that 'cagey' old bass, but what do we mean when we use such terms? Too often I think that when we use these terms we infer that these individuals have a degree of intelligence that is superior to other members of their species. It is fortunate for us that fish are not high on the intelligence scale or catching them would be much more difficult. If they were able to learn soon we would not catch any fish. Fish react to their environment and those that are most successful at that live to swim another day. Since fish are not high on the intelligence scale why are they sometimes so hard to catch?