DragonLass
Fish Fanatic
Just came across this article in my local paper.
http
/www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,17936993-13762,00.html
Trout 'dumber than goldfish'
January 26, 2006
THE myth of goldfish having a memory span of just three seconds has been shattered.
Research by Queen's University in Belfast shows that goldfish are capable of both remembering and learning. And they are more intelligent than trout.
In the study goldfish and trout were given electric shocks as they swam round a tank.
The goldfish quickly learned to avoid the areas where they were likely to get a shock, while the trout kept straying into the hazardous part of the tank.
Interesting research. Although I was a bit aghast at first about the elctric shocks, I am sure they were only very small ones that didn't cause the fish undue stress.
http
/www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,17936993-13762,00.htmlTrout 'dumber than goldfish'
January 26, 2006
THE myth of goldfish having a memory span of just three seconds has been shattered.
Research by Queen's University in Belfast shows that goldfish are capable of both remembering and learning. And they are more intelligent than trout.
In the study goldfish and trout were given electric shocks as they swam round a tank.
The goldfish quickly learned to avoid the areas where they were likely to get a shock, while the trout kept straying into the hazardous part of the tank.
Interesting research. Although I was a bit aghast at first about the elctric shocks, I am sure they were only very small ones that didn't cause the fish undue stress.
One day goldfish will take over the world. 
This reminds me while watching a TV show called "yes, dear" this one guy said " have you ever wondered if goldfish were to take over the world and they would take us home in a bag of air and put us in a tank of air" and as he was saying this it showed them walking out of a plastic house in a tank of air and there was goldfish swimming around the tank. 
