Genius Shrimp Solves Maze!🦐

Can these colorful neocaridina shrimp solve a maze? we wanted to find out, so we 3d printed a giant maze to test their intelligence.

[rileyh]

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.

[Krazylegz]

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.

[midorinchan]

Crazy that they can fry rice but not solve a maze

[achour.falestine]

Jerry is a freaking ecosystem level threat

[wlockuz]

Conclusion: The shrimp weren't hungry.

[moinuddinkhan]

"What creature should we test next? "
— Homo sapiens

[eira]

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?

[sahar]

In the shrimps' perspective they're in the backrooms

[Herring.is.Caring]

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.

[Tuntor]

you’re telling me a shrimp solved this maze?

[RaymondVanRiper-vq]

There are too many external factors for this to be a way to validate what a shrimp will do for survival.

[straightjacket.]

The slime mold is like the Zatoichi, the absence of sensory organs makes it easier to find the food, less distractions plus a slower metabolism means they they can focus more clearly on the goal. The shrimp will start to panic when they can’t find food and that will further confuse them.

[hotlucky]

Remy is that type of guy that people call "crazy" at first

[justmo]

This feels infinitely more stressful for a shrimp then fungus as well. Even lab mice are more chill.

[Andreas-ghis]

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....

[zadinal]

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.

[formerunsecretarygeneralba]

Now I wanna selectively breed shrimps to make them the best at solving mazes.

[plantidentificationnewzeal]

Shrimp being filter feeders would really surprise me if they had a drive to find food

[theshamanite]

9/10 shrimp agree food maze is hard
Remy: Nom lol

[joneshope]

We love Remy! Long live the shrimp king!🦐