The Globe and Mail had a story on page 2 yesterday - Goldfish learn to drive a robotic car on land. You can go HERE to see the video of the goldfish. This is the NBC story with the video and the story starts with this joke:
Two fish are in a tank and one says, "Do you know how to drive this thing?"
The camera in the “fish-operated vehicle” uses motion sensing technology to send a signal to one of its four wheels whenever a fish swims close to a side of the fish tank. Over time the fish learned that their movements would correspond to the movements of the vehicle.
The Globe says: Some fish are smarter than others. This brings to mind the mention of the popular myth that a goldfish's memory lasts only a few seconds. It reminds us of misinformation and disinformation that Snopes is in pursuit of reducing. While Snopes does not address the 3 second attention span of Goldfish, others do.
From live science magazine HERE: "In reality, goldfish have such impressive memories, they're often used as a common model for studying memory and learning in fishes, Brown said. As a result, "there are thousands of studies [on goldfish] that show fish have excellent memories," Brown said. "And the rate of which these studies are being published is growing exponentially."
There is always something Snopes has on hand. Here's their fact-checking item on goldfish:
A 9-pound “goldfish” was caught in a South Carolina lake during a routine electrofishing survey. TRUE
And compare that with a 280-pound catfish caught in Italy in 2015. There are enough photos of that one to look like it is true.
Two goldfish are in a tank. One turns to the other and says “It’s a bit wet in here” The other says “Wow! A talking fish!”
A man walks into a cafe with a goldfish under his arm He asks the owner “do you sell fish cakes?” The owner says no The man says “That’s a shame. It’s his birthday today.”
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