THE MENTAL LIFE OF FISHES
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and the Pole-dab or Witch in still deeper water. Again,
the parents of many species have the bad habit of eating
_
their young ; the young seem to know*this instinctively and
hide themselves as soon as possible among :the weeds or
_
wherever they can nd shelter.
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This is all instinct or ancestral memory, one—may Say; but
it is likeWise all
of the same order
try to avoid the trafc in a crowded str‘eetor taketo the'life
-
that suits us best.
HOW long it has taken the- different
species tolearn in this way, itis .hardly necessary to inquir‘e,
but we may be Certain? that in
the
Structures have been—' eected Under theïg‘uidance offthe
_
intelligence.’
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=
:.
,.…
...
.—
“In the.case of mutations the rst step towards dierentià=
tion was beyondthe control of the individuals ; yet the main
point is,? that tOSul‘VÏVG ati'all has required a great deal of
_
intelligence. ‘If We couldimagin6'ourselves in the position
of a Flute—mÔuth or
we should have topictur'e{_
the diiculty of earning , a 'living,in jth€°—‘rïdstä
Whilst
frOm-=ldckjaW ”o’r =-something—Jlik‘e it -‘,'It is
just…amongsùtäh deformŒ:shesi—that We nd’imostsigns of
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intelligence; __
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; :
.
.
.
People are apt to think“that shes*are "stupid; The
_
,
Gad01dS,Herr1ng 1and= especially the Sand—eels areprobably
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matter of
that
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anysh is stupid. It—is-fsaid
in a_rü1mig
"
Stream;elude
_
all :trapsÏiand
a most knôwing‘î manner
_
ana the hook_:has to:be 'cunninglygbaitedan_dp1açed
to Capture
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.
The
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—
’
one of the most
and
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_
aptitudes
inheiitedΑis" ‘noted= by
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_
of
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.
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In 'Tthei
,
339
and the Pole-dab or Witch in still deeper water. Again,
the parents of many species have the bad habit of eating
_
their young ; the young seem to know*this instinctively and
hide themselves as soon as possible among :the weeds or
_
wherever they can nd shelter.
Ï ,
'
.
'
This is all instinct or ancestral memory, one—may Say; but
it is likeWise all
of the same order
try to avoid the trafc in a crowded str‘eetor taketo the'life
-
that suits us best.
HOW long it has taken the- different
species tolearn in this way, itis .hardly necessary to inquir‘e,
but we may be Certain? that in
the
Structures have been—' eected Under theïg‘uidance offthe
_
intelligence.’
'
=
:.
,.…
...
.—
“In the.case of mutations the rst step towards dierentià=
tion was beyondthe control of the individuals ; yet the main
point is,? that tOSul‘VÏVG ati'all has required a great deal of
_
intelligence. ‘If We couldimagin6'ourselves in the position
of a Flute—mÔuth or
we should have topictur'e{_
the diiculty of earning , a 'living,in jth€°—‘rïdstä
Whilst
frOm-=ldckjaW ”o’r =-something—Jlik‘e it -‘,'It is
just…amongsùtäh deformŒ:shesi—that We nd’imostsigns of
»
intelligence; __
_
._
__
_
; :
.
.
.
People are apt to think“that shes*are "stupid; The
_
,
Gad01dS,Herr1ng 1and= especially the Sand—eels areprobably
'
{by
'
_
Comparison-ÈWithS:—‘a-:, Stickleback :.or— aTr0üt.1t‘iSî‘àllà *
matter of
that
_
anysh is stupid. It—is-fsaid
in a_rü1mig
"
Stream;elude
_
all :trapsÏiand
a most knôwing‘î manner
_
ana the hook_:has to:be 'cunninglygbaitedan_dp1açed
to Capture
»
.
The
.Grey . Mülleiÿ
knownas
—
’
one of the most
and
,
_
aptitudes
inheiitedΑis" ‘noted= by
»î‘%‘- Even Mullets
_
of
tothr0W themselves, '
.
,
head}or%‘tà—ili=‘Îoremost;îîcoær'jtheêheàdê'linë ÔÏf' ?
_iÏ
_
'
_
w@ù1-ç1£= :have ;:-.seemed: «.mùch
pasSëd;
_
_
through amesh’ln
“_
In 'Tthei
,