‘A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.’
This idiotic myth needs to die. Whoever came up with it must have been working with a dead fish.
Live goldfish have excellent memories. They learn to recognize faces. They get excited when they see the familiar face that feeds them. Initially wild, fearful goldfish will settle down and eventually swim eagerly toward the person who consistently feeds them. ***They can be taught to perform tricks.*** If they are consistently fed in the same location of the tank or pond, that is where they will swarm at feeding time.
I could go on. But the point is, the 3 second memory myth is moronic. It needs to stop being repeated, period.
Dagnabbit - I forget what I wanted to add:)
I didn’t have any goldfish, but my entire tank of 60-some fish would leap to the nearest corner of the tank when I opened the front door, put down my briefcase, and then would feed them!
I wondered about that one.
“Live goldfish have excellent memories. They learn to recognize faces. They get excited when they see the familiar face that feeds them.”
Our goldfish does the above quite obviously. It also swims toward me when I wave my fingers a certain way and I can “lead” it around the tank a bit by doing that.
Interesting, I didn’t know that Goldfish could type. You sound like one extremely offended, frustrated goldfish.