HOW SMART IS A TROUT ? In answer to Jacks query
A satire on brain power of
a Trout
By
JIMMY D. MOORE
I used to think I really knew a lot about trout, but the more I fish,
the more I realize that trout know a lot more about me than I do them.
If you disagree with that then tell me this: How come you don't catch a
bunch of them every time you go out?
I think the intelligence quotient of a trout compared to ours is a lot
closer than biologist think. They are always talking about the tiny
brain of the trout. Fish Biologists us that with a brain that small a
trout does most things by instinct and if they learn anything at all, it
takes repetitive action and even then, it only stays with them a short time.
I totally disagree. Take the average trout of 12" and his brain. A
twelve inch trout will do good to weigh a half a pound - 8 oz. Take the
average fly fisherman at 5 feet 11 inches (71") and weighing around 185
pounds ( 2960 oz. )
Dividing 12 inches into 71 inches tells us that the average fly fisher
is 5.9 times as long as the trout. Dividing the ½ pound, (8 oz), into
the 185 pounds, (2960 oz), tells us that the average fly fisher is 370
times heavier than the average trout.
Going farther, a trout's brain weighs somewhere around 1 ounce. The
brain of the average fly fisherman weighs somewhere around 3 pounds or
48 ounces. Dividing 1 ounce into 48 ounces tells us that our brain is
48 times as heavy as that of a trout.
Now, using the formula below, which I invented, not Don Ordes, and which
is assuredly better than any formula a biologist could come up with, I
developed a very precise Smartness Scale.
NOTE: I use the same three variables in my formula for both the average
Trout and Fly Fisher.
For Trout intelligence compared to that of a Fly Fisher, I offer the
scientific results below:
Length X Brain Weight % by Body Weight = Smartness Scale Number
Trout - 12" X 1 oz % by 8 oz = 1.50
Average fly fisher - 71" X 48 oz % by 2960 oz = 1.15
1.50 - 1.15 = .35 points higher for the Trout.
With the resultant .35 advantage on the Smartness Scale, for TROUT, it
appears that trout are a smarter than us. I agree wholeheartedly
because they usually fool the hell out of me at least 90 % of the time.
You can argue all you want, but with the small size and weight of a
trout, it doesn't require a large brain to be smarter than the average
fly fisher. Heaven forbid a 12" trout ever developing a 3 pound brain.
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