TIL that 'Goldfish have a memory-span of at least three months and can distinguish between different shapes, colors, and sounds'
So much for saying that goldfish have a thee-second memory-span. The can also recognize people. (Wikipedia)
Myths like this have always made me kinda angry. Anybody that has owned fish for more than a few days could easily say that this isn't true at all.
But aside from that - animals simply wouldn't exist if they were that stupid. The world is a dangerous place, especially underwater. Not having even basic memory and pattern recognition would be a one-way flight to extinction.
Even jellyfish can learn to spot and dodge obstacles, and they literally don't have a brain.
Yeah, always felt like that this kind of myth is rather indicative of the intelligence of whoever actually believes it. Alas, most people probably don't think about whether it actually makes sense...
So my memory is WORSE than a goldfish's. Cool cool
I too have seen that MythBusters episode.
So when we say the American public has the memory of a goldfish, we're actually insulting the goldfish.
"I see what these humans do. If I show any intelligence, they'll make me go to school and then get a job." - Your fish
go to school
Would need a bigger aquarium for that..
I didn’t know you could hear underwater.
You’ve never put your head under water?
You can actually hear better underwater since water is a better conductor of sound than air is.
Dolphins (and probably also Orcas) even call each other with their different names
sonar
TIL I am a goldfish.
Don't tell Ted Lasso.
And they grow to enormous sizes. Not "as big as the tank."