Selectively breed the shrimp. Only take ones that solve the maze and make the future generations solve increasingly complex mazes. We can create a breed of super intelligent shrimp.
The problem is that the smarter a creature gets, the slower they tend to reproduce. You'd almost want that as a second factor for picking which ones to use
They aren't necessarily going to be smarter they just might have better senses. Bats adapted to use sound they didn't get smarter. The shrimp that are bred to have this increased sensitivity might be trained to detect and indicate where some contaminates are entering waterways
@@daylen577What are you basing this assumption on? Rats reproduce very rapidly while also displaying high spatial reasoning. The Great Pacific Octopus is highly intelligent and produces >50,000 offspring.
For this maze to solve it 1) choose a side 2) follow it Sure, there's faster ways to solve this but If one person in the test group knew this concept or was that commited to a simple plan it's guaranteed they'll find the end
They sure didn't seem to be actually eating the food. Maybe they were looking for a hide, and the cluster of other shrimp was the closest thing they could find.
Confounding factors. Clearly the shrimp had other things on their mind, which is why this likely works so well with slime molds. The shrimp may have been affected by the environment, or had some social aspect affecting their behavior. A better test would have been to take single shrimp, not feed them for a period bf testing, then time each one introduced. (Starting wa simple and direct path to food, then slowly increasing maze complexity would have helped to control for unexpected movements also)
1.Take the three shrimps 2.Let them have children 3.Take the smartest ones and let them reproduce too 4. Create an army of intelligent shrimps. 5. Let them do your homework
Neocaridina are super skittish and not very food motivated, unfortunately. The bright lights with no hides probabyl stressed them out enough to ignore the food even if they were hungry - which they very well may not have been! Even if you don't actively feed them, mine are happy to eat algea and diatoms, which i can see through their shells. Maybe try again with dimmer lights, and provide cover at the end of the maze?
I was going to say this. In my experience, aquatic life varies wildly in how food motivated they are compared to land animals. Some of my fish don't care at all when I drop food in (it disappears when I'm not looking). Shrimp are that kind of animal. The question answered isn't "can" shrimp solve the maze. Remy proved that they can, but "will" they solve it? No, they don't seem to want to.
It’s fascinating to note how Remy retraced their path to get to the food rather than blindly searching or following others. By uniquely exhibiting the kind of behavior most suited to the maze environment, Remy was able to reach their destination. I’m interested to see if they continue to exhibit this retracing behavior in other mazes.
It is a silly question because there are some flaws in your design. You put the shrimp in the tank with each other rather than isolated. Shrimp are not purely driven by food. They have mating and location preferences over food. Until food becomes the most important. So I'd get them hungry for a day or so and the release them individually. Maybe clear out the water between each test run.
Having shrimp in there individually would raise stress levels too much for standard behaviour to be accurately analyzed. The experiment was already unethically performed with below sub optimal conditons
@@chris1774 it isn't unethical. They are shrimp, they pretty hardy. Temporary discomfort isn't going to kill them nor does it raise to the level of unethical experiment. A twenty minute test taken prior to normal feeding time would easily pass any IRB.
@@zadinal You clearly have never kept shrimp before. Improper conditions, ever by the slightest as well as other things like shock from being added to a new environment can and will kill shrimp. This is why drip acclimation is so important
@@chris1774 why would I keep incredibly small shrimp? These are not pet shrimp and they are relatively hardy compared to other types you might keep in a tank for decoration purposes. But sure whatever.
Definitely. Being dumped in a strange new environment was probably stressful for them (whereas a slime mold wouldn't care) and so they weren't interested in looking for food
the shrimp clearly ddint gaf about the food 😂 im sure they could solve it if there was actually something they cared about and werent stressed the whole time
So that's why when researchers do this thing they first try to accomodate the species' characteristics (like to hide, don't like shallow water, light) and then verify that the shrimps actually go for the reward in the same conditions just without the maze....
Our senses kinda suck. Or maybe just mine. I’d probably get lost hella fast, have a panic attack in a corner, and end up quitting within the first five minutes.
@@-..l I imagine there is a difference between cultures. For example, I predict tribal people who are hunter gatherers are probably going to do a much better job than someone who works 9-5 behind a desk.
@@ceneblock I agree. Apparently any person can also strengthen their senses by actively doing things like sniffing the ground every day and trying to follow the sense. Same for hearing, tasting, etc. It’s just that most of us don’t use our senses much.
My shrimp don't really like those algae wafers. Try again with shrimp sticks. And was there a flow of water? How would they sense a chemical gradient in the water if the water around the food is stagnant?
@@crackwitznot saying diffusion can't be happening here, but the mechanisms different species use (and control systems to prioritize which decisions to take) are different!
We're all laughing at the basic search patterns of Remy's family But until we get a human base case, I'll be holding my judgement. I'm not certain how many people, including me, are Remy material
I've done a corn maze. I fell back on video game habits of making sure I'd checked all the dead ends before continuing too far down the right path, in case there was extra ammo or health packs. So it took me a while to get through. There didn't turn out to be any extra ammo or health packs.
Everyone's missing the point. The real problem is pulling this test off without humans realizing they're in a maze. Even if you pull that off, how do you push them to reach an end point without telling them there's a reward AND that it's a maze?
Your problem is using 3D printing which is a porous medium water can pass through and as a result the sensory information they pick up that would direct them comes from the direction of the top instead of through the maze. In addition some information may carry through the air as well which wouldn’t follow the clear path either,
Additionally the shrimp got mostly stuck in the top left corner, a complete dead end, unlike the right hand side which had an opening. Feel like they would have gotten it if it weren't for that
Now selectively breed those three shrimp do the experiment again and keep breeding the shrimp that find the food after several generations we may have a super shrimp that could take over the world. 😂😂
Try it with human. Don't tell them that it's a maze. Don't tell them that their task is it to find the food. Just kidnap them and put them in the maze and let's see if they go to the food or do something else.
@@monkyyy0True. It'd be harder to test humans without them realizing what the test is, which would immediately bias the results. Plus, food is not a motivator for modern humans in developed countries. They won't care. And the moment you put a reward at the end of the maze, that's when people start firing every neuron and dedicating themselves to the task.
Just remember, Jerry's solution to a maze will be the most efficient path through it (kinda only applies if theres multiple paths) but science nerds in japan used light, food, and slime mold over a map of Tokyo to see what path the mold takes to each bit of food (each bit of food was placed where theres a train station in Japan, light was used to prevent the slime mold from taking paths where mountains and water are) and when the mold was done, it had essentially recreated the train system in tokyo exactly
Recipe for Garlic Butter Shrimp: Ingredients: - 1 pound large shrimp, peeled and deveined - 3 tablespoons unsalted butter - 4 cloves garlic, minced - 1 tablespoon olive oil - 2 tablespoons freshly chopped parsley - Salt and pepper to taste - Lemon wedges for serving Instructions: 1. Heat the olive oil and 1 tablespoon of butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. 2. Add the minced garlic to the skillet and sauté for about 1 minute until fragrant. 3. Add the shrimp to the skillet in a single layer. Season with salt and pepper. 4. Cook the shrimp for 2-3 minutes on each side, or until they turn pink and opaque. 5. Once the shrimp is cooked through, add the remaining butter to the skillet and stir until melted and combined with the garlic. 6. Remove the skillet from the heat and sprinkle freshly chopped parsley over the shrimp. 7. Serve the garlic butter shrimp hot with lemon wedges on the side for squeezing over the shrimp before eating.
