Can You Train A Goldfish?

[wolf63]

I am not very sure about this website because it just seems to be a bit far fetched. But just because I have been unable to train my moggies to do any tricks should not cloud my judgement on the subject.



http://www.fish-school.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=b3JFmrlgWAk

[excelsior-1]

looks fishy

[Mojo-Jo-Jo]

The answer is yes.
Mythbusters did precisely that and showed that fish could learn a solution to a maze.
Here's a clip:
http://dsc.discovery.com/tv-shows/mythbusters/videos/goldfish-memory-minimyth.htm

[mrs.chappie]

That fish looks like he's having a whale of a time.

[lcg]

yes....and they have good memories! i remember seeing a tv programme a while back where they managed to train fish to do (simple) tasks, and then measured how long it took for them to forget stuff. i can't for the life of me remember what it was......

[cupotee]

Yes you can. My sister had a huge pond one time and regularly tapped the side when she had feed for them when they would come and take feed from her hand.