Intelligent Goldfish

A goldfish that can limbo, play football and do the slalom has thrashed the long-held belief that the species is not too bright.
http://www.itv.com/News/Articles/Footballer-fish-hits-the-net-510912578.html
Two-year-old Comet has been taught an impressive array of skills by its owner who rewards him with some food every time he successfully completes a task.

Los Angeles-based Dr Dean Pomerleau, 41, used a technique called positive reinforcement which is also used to train dolphins and other marine mammals.

Dr Pomerleau is also the world record-holder for owning a fish with the largest repertoire of tricks, which unsurprisingly is named Albert Einstein.

However, Comet could be about to usurp him, to take the crown of the world's most intelligent goldfish.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• goldfish
• limbo
• play
• football
• slalom
• intelligent
• fish

[sspamer]

Oh yeah? My goldfish has his own Facebook!

[SpiderWick12]

Dude! All fish do that! Lol... Swimming up to get food... and sometimes spitting it out and swimming is an instinct not a trick lol!

[geridruja]

He could win American's Got Talent

[TheT7xxx]

my fish can play dead or did i forget to change the water :O :O

[sspamer]

@Ikickhardcoreass Actually goldfish are smart.

[swriel]

fishes are bitche s :D

[khfreak89]

they get bored of things easily and thus people say they have a short attention span, but their actual memory is really good

[corisings]

WOW! I dont understand how you can train a goldfish! They have an attention span of 7 seconds so you'd have to work fast!

[kerosene70]

ok. i se that. what i meant is that it looks complicated.

[Youcancallmeawesome]

It's a training wand.

[2naruto1]

i could see working so hard getting your fish to do that stuff and that it dose what pet fish do best ......

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