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Goldfish three-second memory myth busted

There is a popular belief that goldfish only have a three-second memory span and every lap of their fishbowl is like seeing the world for the first time. But a 15-year-old schoolboy from Adelaide has just debunked that theory. He has conducted a simple experiment, which proves that the humble goldfish is smarter than we think. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

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26	Mershaul...

11 months ago

*cough*

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11	xenity7

11 months ago

I always thought that was a ridiculous myth. How would you even detect a 3 second memory as distinct from "no memory". A goldfish is actually a fairly complex creature - it has a CNS, which suggests some form of memory.

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6	TheJehos...

11 months ago

I soooooo busted this in my 3rd grade science class. This is NOT new. :P

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14	bunnysut...

11 months ago

I'd like to take a moment to somehow relate this to the fish tattoo story and go...

seeeeeeeeee

they might not feel it, but they'll resent you for it. ;)

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22	gratheo

11 months ago

Old news... I disproved this one myself back in fourth grade for extra credit.
But hey, Adelaide! I had a cousin there, once.
Nice place.

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11	xenity7

11 months ago

« gratheo : Old news... I disproved this one myself back in fourth grade for extra credit.
But hey, Adelaide! I had a cousin there, once.
Nice place.

What happened to your cousin?

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22	gratheo

11 months ago

« xenity7 : What happened to your cousin?

Nothing sinister...
The family moved back to Canada.

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eLJay

11 months ago

I suffer from short term memory. What were we talking about?

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20	rambler

11 months ago

I'm sure it's been done before, and I'm sure none of us really expected fish to have such a short memory.

But it's a cool story, with a cool experiment, nonetheless.

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34	pocksuck...

11 months ago

If only he had spent more time wasting his life on the internet he wouldn't have had to spend time wasting his life on redundant experiments.

This wouldn't work with the supposed short term fish memory:

nor this:

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3	orfnerwe...

11 months ago

There was a mythbusters episode on this a long time ago. They disproved it a year or two ago, and I bet they weren't the first.

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