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by those farther up the food chain but
surviving when food is scarce and they
need to assume more risk. When Wilson
dropped metal traps into a pond full of
pumpkinseed fish, an event he says
must have seemed to the fish as unsettling
as a flying saucer landing on
Earth, the bold fish couldn’t help but
investigate—and rushed headlong into
Wilson’s traps. The shy fish hovered judiciously
at the edge of the pond, making
it impossible for Wilson to catch
them.
On the other hand, after Wilson succeeded
in trapping both types of fish
with an elaborate netting system and
carrying them back to his lab, the bold
fish acclimated quickly to their new environment
and started eating a full five
days earlier than did their shy brethren.
“There is no single best … [animal]
personality,” writes Wilson, “but rather
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