Can Hewbie hear me? Yes he can!

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Yes, but our ears don't know "Jack" lol! Our brain is what can unpack and process what we are hearing.

But if sound reaches an animal, and that animal can sense and react to it, that's hearing. It's just rudimentary vs. advanced.
I don't disagree but it seems I am not getting my point across.
 

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I don't disagree but it seems I am not getting my point across.
I believe I understand what you're saying, I'm just disagreeing *slightly* in how we are defining hearing. Again, I'm just talking here, what to I know lol??
 
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Have you tested by saying his name not facing the tank or playing back a recording (and video to see his reaction?)

I have no doubt our fish can and do recognize us, and as individuals, but I have my doubts they can hear something at normal voice level because the pumps we generally use make enough noise to down it out (they certainly do in my tank). I wonder if the recognition would still happen with your physical absence just at the sound of your voice (a pretty good confirmation it's sound they're recognizing) or if it may just be recognizing you by look.
Yes he is in a bin currently while his upgrade is being worked on. Maybe the difference is he is my fish and I know him. And people who haven’t owned pufferfish will never know the true personality and intelligence of them. But to those who have owned them they know they are incredibly smart and personable fish. This is something that takes a quick Google search or watching a video online. And they are very much like a puppy. This post proves to me people will argue about anything. But as for the video of it. Please excuse the mess lol. His new tank is being worked on just waiting on the stand. He can’t see me as he is in a bin right now. I could be on the opposite end of the room calling his name and he comes straight towards me.
 
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This entire post was not supposed to be an argument it was supposed to be I discovered something about my really cool fish. People often forget how smart fish and other animals can be. While yes sometimes we project human emotions and behaviors onto them and there’s no denying that. But I can tell you that Hewbie is an incredibly smart intelligent fish…who reacts to stimuli around him visual/sound, recognizes me, is target trained, begs me for food, and lets me pet him. No other fish is like him and pufferfish are truly unique in that sense.
 

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I apologize if I seemed like I was arguing with anyone :)

I genuinely thought it was an interesting conversation..... Clearly I need to get out more.
 

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For further reading:

Corwin, J. T. (1981a). Audition in elasmobranchs. In W. N. Tavolga, A. N. Popper & R. R.


Fay (Eds.), Hearing and sound communication in fishes (pp. 81-105). Springer.


10.1007/978-1-4615-7186-5_5

Comparative hearing abilities in Sharks, PhD thesis, Institute of Marine Science, Faculty of Science, University of Auckland, New Zealand, 2023.
 

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For further reading:

Corwin, J. T. (1981a). Audition in elasmobranchs. In W. N. Tavolga, A. N. Popper & R. R.


Fay (Eds.), Hearing and sound communication in fishes (pp. 81-105). Springer.


10.1007/978-1-4615-7186-5_5

Comparative hearing abilities in Sharks, PhD thesis, Institute of Marine Science, Faculty of Science, University of Auckland, New Zealand, 2023.
Thank you for the reply and suggestion! I tried searching briefly for the article, but beyond the abstract it looks like something you have to buy to read. My one comment, having not read the work, is that from the title it's discussing 'Elasmobranchs', which are cartilaginous fish like sharks and rays specifically. Dear Hewbie is a boney fish, so I'm not so sure it's an apples to apples comparison, but there's likely some overlap.
 

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