2006-07-21 06:33:23 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
I had a pond goldfish that makes me really question the memory for a goldfish! Everyday when it was feeding time, before I even walked outside I would peek at the pond through the window and sure enough he would be swimming like crazy around the same time everyday! And when I walked outside he would follow me around the fish pond because he knew! Now if a fish really has a small memory how did he know everyday at the same time to swim at top of water because dinner is coming? :)
2006-07-21 06:42:50 · answer #1 · answered by usa_marines_wife 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
It's amazing how that idea became a piece of Universal Consciousness. It was a joke in the comedy routine of Craig Ferguson back in the days when he was still calling himself Bing Hitler.
He made it up. It's not true.
Actually there might be a bit of dispute about that because Jerry Sadowitz claimed Craig nicked a lot of his material from his act (which is true). The Goldfish joke is a bit tame for Jerry Sadowitz, though. Anything you can perform on television is a bit tame for Jerry Sadowitz.
2006-07-21 14:03:04 · answer #2 · answered by Frog Five 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No mate , lot of people say that but that s rubish ! I ve got a big tank and i can tell u 4 sure that u lookin at 3 weeks at least .And no , im not havin u on mate ! They always seem 2 remember me after holidays and daily , what time do they eat , where 2 hide from others fish and more ! Fish in the oven s also nice !
2006-07-21 18:08:18 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, its not true.
If you've ever had a goldfish, you would notice that after a while it will start to come to the top ofthe tank for food whenever it sees you approaching.
This is a conditioned response. They learn that when they see you coming, they get fed.
In order to learn they have to be able to remember, If they forgot everything every 8 seconds, they could not learn to associate you with food
2006-07-21 13:40:08 · answer #4 · answered by urbanbulldogge 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
~Good question. Did they stand there with a stop watch waving a bit of plastic greenery until the goldfish looked away? Is that how you could define an attention span? It would explain some of my students.
2006-07-21 13:37:46 · answer #5 · answered by Delora Gloria 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it's true. Because just like Koi, Goldfish can regconize the person who feeds it. It can also remember the place and time of the day when it usually gets fed. That's why Goldfish and Koi are very easy to tame.
2006-07-21 13:40:35 · answer #6 · answered by ngotuan13491nguyengiathieu02 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No... goldfish can remember what time feeding time is... if you do it at the same time every day they will go close to the top in wait of food
2006-07-21 14:15:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no its not true cause i tought my gold fish to 1.jump out of the bowl, 2.play dead, 3.peek a boo. each trick had a sertant amount of snapps of my fingers and then he did it trick1. was 1 snap, trick 2 2snaps and trick 3 was 3 snaps. and he never forget them for the 7 years he was alive so no they have a longer memery obviusly.
hope i helped.
2006-07-21 13:38:16 · answer #8 · answered by JaneD. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No i dont think so ... My daughter has 2 and i am the only one that feeds them. Anyone else walks in the room nothin ! I walk in and they go crazy for food . If the statement was true how would they remember me??? come to think of it how do they >>> can they see me ? recognise my steps ??? got me thinkin big time now
2006-07-21 13:37:34 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Seven seconds. You must have a bright goldfish.
2006-07-21 13:37:14 · answer #10 · answered by eireblood2 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋