Fish, even male ones, have been found to be excellent at multitasking - the act of doing several things simultaneously, says a new report.
The multitasking process, which is actually called "lateralisation" has been studied by workers at the University of Edinburgh. They believe it is linked to survival in dangerous environments.
Dr Culum Brown of the University of Edinburgh's Institute of Cell, Animal and Population Biology told The Scotsman: "Our study suggsts that lateralisation allows fish to concentrate on shoal-mates and predators simultaneous."
"In fish, all information received by the left eye is transmitted to the right side of the brain and vice versa. Lateralisation is rather like having two computers to process information in different parts of the brain simultaneously, rather than just one eye."