The fish wouldn't take part if they didn't enjoy it.
I have no idea if this has been covered or not, but, as an ex-fisherman, and in my anecdotal experience, I think fish do have memories. I used to fish as much as I could (multiple times a week) and had a great knowledge of my favourite spots. Some of these were well-fished carp lakes and you had to be pretty clever to catch the fish as they seemed to know when there was something suspicious. I also fished a private carp lake that was only very lightly fished and it was much, much easier – the fish didn't have the same level of suspicion and would just grab at any bait.
Likewise, I also used to fish off a bridge to catch chub and dace. If I threw a few maggots in along with my baited hook, you could watch all the fish rising to feed off the maggots, but the baited hook was not always taken.
So, in my experience, I think they can associate certain things with pain and discomfort and can learn to avoid.
Ultimately it is why I gave it up but there is still a small part of me that would like to take it back up when my kids have grown up, left home and I have retired.
If you jump on YouTube you can likely find footage of chimpanzees masturbating using a frog.
Bloody hell Cougar, your You Tube history must make for some reading 😮
Chimpanzees are nasty brutes too.
I once had to spec a chimpanzee proof enclosure for a natural history doc.
The guidance we go from the zoo was if they can't dismantle it, they will try and destroy it. And that coupled with phenomenal grip strength meant they couldn't have any external nuts / bolts, and all the (bulletproof) glass needed to be replaceable from the inside as it was likely they'd just throw rocks at it. Fascinating animals though, you can see how they're only a spark of intelligence away from human.
Bloody hell Cougar, your You Tube history must make for some reading 😮
I did say "likely." I believe it exists. I have not watched it, nor do I care to.
Any deviant proclivities I may or may not have would tend towards mucky women rather than mucky simians.
you can see how they’re only a spark of intelligence away from human.
The same is true of plenty of humans.
if they can’t dismantle it, they will try and destroy it. And that coupled with phenomenal grip strength meant they couldn’t have any external nuts / bolts, and all the (bulletproof) glass needed to be replaceable from the inside as it was likely they’d just throw rocks at it.
To be fair to the chimps, that sounds like quite a few of my mates
I used to have guppies in a tank. The females would give birth and then go 'ooh, a snack' and eat their own babies. So they aren't exactly higher animals. At least, not those ones.