Kodayake mutane da yawa suna ɗaukar kifi a matsayin dabbobi masu ban dariya, waɗanda kawai za su iya ba mu dariya da launukan jikinsu da siffofin da suka bari a cikin ruwa, bari in gaya muku cewa sun yi kuskure ƙwarai. Kamar kuliyoyi da karnuka kifi ma yana da hali wanda zai iya zama mafi tsoro da tashin hankali dangane da yanayin ruwa.
A cewar daban-daban binciken kimiyya da za'ayi, an ga cewa kifi na iya zama mafi tsananin tsoro da firgici idan muka kara zafin ruwan, har ma an gano cewa zasu iya wahala, kamar mu mutane da sauran dabbobi, daga wani abu mai kama da damuwa.
Misali, bayan yin gwaje-gwaje iri daban-daban tare da nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan biyu na Babban rierangaren Reef Dam na nahiyoyin na Oceanic, an gano a karon farko cewa wasu kifayen wadannan nau'ikan, wadanda suke da halin jin kunya sosai, sun gabatar da bambance-bambance daban-daban yayin da zafin ruwan ya karu, ma'ana, sun zama masu tsananin tsoro da fada da dumama ruwa.
Ta wannan hanyar, lokacin da yawan zafin jiki ya tashi kamar wasu darajoji, kifayen sun fara fuskantar ɗan canji a cikin halayensu, yana haifar musu da saurin zama sau 30 kuma masu aiki sosai.
Kodayake mutane da yawa suna shakku game da halayen dabbobi, sakamakon waɗannan karatun abin mamaki ne, kuma ya zama sananne cewa kowace dabba tana da takamaiman halin ta kuma wannan na iya dogaro ne akan abubuwan da suke ƙarƙashin su.kuma ga canjin yanayi a mazauninsu na asali.