2007-10-03 11:18:18 · 11 answers · asked by folake i 2 in Pets ➔ Fish
I just googled it...and apparently it's true..but I want to be 100% sure and oh yea thanks steve ^_^!
2007-10-03 11:42:44 · update #1
Wow....I'm even more confused now...was very pleased with kylie Anne's answer...It was very informative...but...now I'm hearing it's every THIRTY SECONDS?!?!!? 0_o? anyway...you guys have been great...keep the answers rolling in...~~cheers!!!~~
2007-10-03 20:52:02 · update #2
yes and no.
they have a very short short term memory, but their long term memory last moths. while 3 seconds is an exaggeration a few minutes is not.
think of it this way, you tap on the tank and the goldfish swims over excited, then swims away once it realized it was nothing important. a few minutes later you do the same thing and the goldfish again is excited. this is because the event was not important in the life of the goldfish. however, if you tap on the glass then feed the goldfish and do this every day eventually it will realize tapping on the glass means food, this is because in the life of the goldfish food is important.
hope that made sense :)
2007-10-03 12:08:22 · answer #1 · answered by Kylie Anne 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I actual have in no way heard of that, yet I observed a video on the internet the place some eastern adult males experienced some goldfish to swim around in a tank like synchronized swimmers purely via following their hand movments above the tank - extraordinarily astonishing - so no remember if or no longer they have a reminiscence or no longer, they have some form of somewhat ideas working in there little heads!
2016-12-28 13:24:50 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I certainly don't buy it. My 4 goldfish know me and my husband and greet us but if someone they don't know is in our house they are skittish. Also, my largest Comet and Ryunkin are so attached to each other that when I had to put my Comet in quarantine for a couple weeks they both sulked about it until they were put back together. The inseparable duo! I would think this means that they not only remember things but have feelings as well. I think they're very smart.
2007-10-03 11:28:49 · answer #3 · answered by Fierce Lioness 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hi Folake-it seems the case that they do certain things repetitively like constantly trying the same piece of inedible plant debris over & over until if falls out of their line of sight but I wonder if this is more instinctive foraging behaviour rather than short-term memory loss? How often do we go to the fridge to see if some goodies have magically appeared!!?
Regarding what Fierce Lioness said, I had a very similar experience when I had to quarantine my large male Comet. Not only was he extremely unhappy all alone but his 4 friends were visibly more subdued for the duration of his stay in hospital. The welcome home party they threw for him had to be seen to be believed-they were tumbling & swooping over one another for hours immediately he went back in!
2007-10-03 13:17:25 · answer #4 · answered by John 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
NO IN FACT THEY ARE VERY SMART CHECK THIS OUT.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsXXuAZEBqc
2007-10-03 11:24:40 · answer #5 · answered by MEAOW 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Heavens, no. Or they wouldn't remember to come to the top of the tank to eat every time you even walk near it....
2007-10-03 11:22:51 · answer #6 · answered by Poopy 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
its 30 seconds i saw it on tv
2007-10-03 13:39:38 · answer #7 · answered by vampire_thirst 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Goldfish are smart!
2007-10-03 11:30:50 · answer #8 · answered by LOLs @ Everything 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Oh wait, I forgot what I was going to say..
2007-10-03 11:27:32 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
i'd like to know who thought of that and why
2007-10-03 11:39:33 · answer #10 · answered by xAlicex 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋