 For example, in one study on social transmission in guppies ("Poecilia reticulata"), naïve fish preferred taking a long, energetically costly route to a feeder that they had learned from resident fish rather than take a shorter route.These fish were also slower to learn the new, quicker route compared to naïve fish that had not been trained in the long route.In this case, not only is the social tradition maladaptive, but it also inhibits the acquisition of adaptive behavior.