can fish enjoy themselves?

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Hi, i know that fish can feel pain and have their own personalities but can fish amuse themselves by playing? can they enjoy themselves?
i do belive that fish can enjoy themselves, well not as much as a dog with a ball or a dolphin with a frisbee but i think that they have amusment
to a certain degree, what's your opinion?
 
Definitely. No doubt in my mind. I had an Oscar that would frequently turn upside down and swim like that for a tank length before righting himself, swimming in a big loop, always turning upside down at the same point.
 
Have u seen a snail climb all the way up and then go weeeeeeee and float all the way down? how can u say they dont have fun. no but seriously i cant be the only one here with a ping pong ball floating in their tank. i had a blood parrot that use to grab a plastic plant and tug it across the tank back and forth. for no reason.
 
Mine like to swim up to the powerheads and let it blow them across the tank, then go back and do it again. I also have a CL that likes to hang out upside down on the bottom of a floating log, I swear he does it just to be weird.

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woofy said:
Have u seen a snail climb all the way up and then go weeeeeeee and float all the way down? how can u say they dont have fun. no but seriously i cant be the only one here with a ping pong ball floating in their tank. i had a blood parrot that use to grab a plastic plant and tug it across the tank back and forth. for no reason.
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My midas took all the windelov java fern off of the drift wood and put it on the filter intake. He pulls it off and swims with it then will sometimes put it back but normally just spits it out near the filter. I think its play behavior. All the broad leaved java fern he has left alone.
 
fisher12889 said:
Fish don't feel pain
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Untrue. Fish were originally thought to react to a noxious stimuli only with a reflexive action, but recent studies suggest that they actually feel pain on a cognitive level, too. Much like us, they react with fear, anxiety, and defensive behavior when dealing with pain.
 
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