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These fish know when you are staring at their kids and they don't like it

The emperor cichlid, also known as the giant cichlid, can grow to up three feet long and is found only in Lake Tanganyika in ...
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It Takes Village For Lake Tanganyika Fish

Kyoto, Japan -- "It takes a village to raise a child" doesn't apply merely to humans. Many species of mammals, birds, fish, ...
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Lessons from Lake Tanganyika’s scale eating fish

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Fish in Lake Tanganyika Can Perceive Where a Diver Is Looking and React More Aggressively if Their Young Are Observed Directly

A study suggests these fish may possess a rudimentary form of ‘attention attribution,’ a cognitive ability that until now had been studied mainly in mammals and birds. In the depths of Lake Tanganyika ...

The fish species that knows when you are watching them

Emperor cichlids, large fish native to Lake Tanganyika in Africa, don't like being stared at, especially if someone's gaze is directed at their offspring. Those are the findings of a new study ...