5 second goldfish memory

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

It's often heard that a goldfish has a 5 second......5 second something.

Anyway, I don't think that can be true, I mean, I keep goldfish, and I watch them a lot. I can safely say that........

It's often heard that a goldfish has a 5 second......5 second something.

So, is my beer ruined? I'm not sure if that thing is supposed to be floating on the top. Man that Paris Hilton is a skank!

It's often heard that a goldfish has a 5 second......5 second something.


Damn! Did you know it takes more than 5 seconds to type a full sente.....Oh crap, I lost my train of thought.

Who was talking about trains? Man I LOVE Thomas the tank engine! (Whoever that is)

When I get too old to dress myself, i wanna be a truck driver. That'll teach them boy racers!

I forgot to add the priming sugar. Hello? who is this on the line?

Oh crap, I think I just **** someone's pants. I hope it wasn't mine.

 

[Evan!]

Meth is a hell of a drug.

 

[Zymurgrafi]

most certainly sir.

I have the utmost confidence in... uh, in.


SHUT UP! GET OUT OF MY HAIR DAMNIT!!


why must you follow me everywhere?!!


Why does it burn so much?!!!


and I really don't like that color on you, it makes me think of walnuts.

and I HATE TURNIPS!!

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

Been sniffin the goldfish flakes again mate?

 

[shecky]

Welcome back.

 

[zoebisch01]

Meth is a hell of a drug.

I just think that's what happens when you turn old.

 

[Brewin_Bob]

Is he or has senility set in?

Kinda reminds me of Chef Brian from CAD-Comic. Especially this strip.

 

[Zymurgrafi]

yes.

wait, no!

um, stop staring at me!

 

[Parker36]

Speaking of Thomas the Tank Engine, remember Ringo Starr?

 

[shecky]

Is he or has senility set in?

You've been around here long enough to know the answer to that one. I for one am happy the nutty Gnome is back. It makes my insanity seem positively normal.

 

[Revvy]

Sorry gnomey......but evidently you aren't smarter than a 15 year old...

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.

Children's films like Disney's Finding Nemo - in which one of the main characters is a dory who suffers from short-term memory loss - have done little to help dispel the myth that fish are dumb.

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.

"I mean it never really seemed feasible to me, that they had a three, five, 10 second memory because animals need their memory, so they build up over time a knowledge of where the food is," said Rory Stokes, a student at the Australian Science and Mathematics School.

"It seemed pretty impractical for a species to evolve without these capabilities."

He conducted a school experiment to prove his theory, using a small tank of goldfish.

"I decided to get a bit of red Lego and just feed them next to that. Every day I'd put it in and sprinkle food around it," he said.

"At first they were a bit scared of it, a bit wary, but by the end of the three weeks, they were actually almost coming before I put the food in."

After leaving the fish alone for a week, Rory placed the red Lego block in the tank again.

"They remembered perfectly well," he said.

"They actually had a time faster than the average of the three feeds before I left."

The goldfish showed that not only could they retain information, they also had the ability to recall it at a later date.

Culum Brown, a research fellow at Sydney's Macquarie University, has studied fish behaviour for more than a decade.

He says his studies of Australian native species prove fish are intelligent creatures that know how to avoid predators and catch food like any other animal.

"The thing that I really liked about Rory's experiment is he not only got that classical conditioning going [but] the fact that he could get them respond just to that specific coloured marker I thought was really good," he said.

"One of the experiments I did was looking at teaching fish to escape an artificial trawl.

"The net had a small escape route in it and the fish just had to learn where that hole was and they learned that in about five trials.

"If you put the fish aside and test them a year later, they still remember exactly where the escape route is."

It is not a bad feat for an animal with a brain 380,000 times smaller than a newborn human baby.

But if fish are smart, it raises the question of whether it is cruel to keep them in tiny fish tanks.

"Definitely - I think the more complicated you make your fish tank, the happier your fish is gonna be," Dr Brown said.

"In fact, the best thing to do is to keep changing it around, so make it interesting for them.

"You'll find that if you do that, your goldfish will be much more active and much happier in general."

But welcome back anyway.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

Is he or has senility set in?

Senilidruck. You can get that particular drug on medicare. Who said that? Don't come any closer! I have an AARP card and I ain't afraid to use it!

 

[HBHoss]

Do you ever get the urge to spank your inner child?

 

[shecky]

Do you ever get the urge to spank your inner child?

How do you think he comes up with these things?

 

[Brewin_Bob]

You've been around here long enough to know the answer to that one. I for one am happy the nutty Gnome is back. It makes my insanity seem positively normal.

+1. Always makes me laugh when I'm in a $h!tty mood! THANKS GNOME, ya crazy Brit!

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

He's too busy "spanking the little one" to worry about where his children are.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

Do you ever get the urge to spank your inner child?

Isn't that some kind of self-pedophilia? Should I make a public arrest on myself?

 

[Revvy]

Nerdporn.....

 

[shecky]

Isn't that some kind of self-pedophilia? Should I make a public arrest on myself?

I swear I read that as pubic arrest.

 

[HBHoss]

How do you think he comes up with these things?

When he's away he must be giving his inner child a time-out.
Who let the gnome out? Who? Who, Who Who?:rockin:

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

Hell, I was simply lacking a proper topic (again) and hoping I could suck someone in (In the non-gay way) to entertain me.

 

[shecky]

Hell, I was simply lacking a proper topic (again) and hoping I could suck someone in (In the non-gay way) to entertain me.

Like moths to a flame (or flamer) ....

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

Nerdporn!! Revvy has a super-cool new obsession that I LIKE!

 

[HBHoss]

I swear I read that as pubic arrest.

*groan* You can go to the Punetentuary.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

So... just HOW is your surname pronounced, shecky? Huh? (and try to include a pic of Keli Byron in that answer)

 

[shecky]

Smith ....

 

[Brewin_Bob]

Hell, I was ... (again) ... hoping I could suck someone ... to entertain me.

Umm, Olllllo said DR&MM can go in quotes thread, right? Don't wanna break rules.

It's terrible what one can do with those little dots!

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

Smith ....

I see, Smith with a snotty french leer....Got it!

So! Monsiuer Smeeth, you want a fart on that escargot? (I majored in French waitering)

 

[shecky]

I see, Smith with a snotty french leer....Got it!

So! Monsiuer Smeeth, you want a fart on that escargot? (I majored in French waitering)

It's Dane-yo, if you must know. (Hey, check it, I'm a poet).

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

Umm, Olllllo said DR&MM can go in quotes thread, right? Don't wanna break rules.

It's terrible what one can do with those little dots!

You just ain't right! Mind if I call you "ob" for short?

 

[Zymurgrafi]

you obviously have not read your hydrometer correctly.

do it over!

 

[shecky]

you obviously have not read your hydrometer correctly.

do it over!

I thought you were brewing. Check out the multi-tasker with free spring water.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

It's Dane-yo, if you must know. (Hey, check it, I'm a poet).

Hey, I was only out by a Y then! Oh Y must you persecute me! Oh Y must you strive to make me look the fool. Oh Y did I just do that on the inside of my pants when there was a bucket handy?

 

[Zymurgrafi]

you thought I was what?

uh, where am I?

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

Hydrometer? I promise to start using mine again when I go AG. ......Hey shecky, I just installed te spigot in my cooler today.... I'm gonna beat ya to it if you don't pull them red socks up!

 

[shecky]

you thought I was what?

uh, where am I?

Did you say something?


Hey, hey, you, you, get off of my lawn.

 

[Brewin_Bob]

You just ain't right!

Lolz, I wouldn't really do that. I'm just bored at work, kinda.

Mind if I call you "ob" for short?

Whatever for?

 

[shecky]

Hydrometer? I promise to start using mine again when I go AG. ......Hey shecky, I just installed te spigot in my cooler today.... I'm gonna beat ya to it if you don't pull them red socks up!

Dang, slow down, brother. I got the cooler Tuesday. Hardware hopefully this weekend. Also got a line on a keggle. The race is joined.

And I need a new avatar.

 

[HBHoss]

Hydrometer? I promise to start using mine again when I go AG. ......Hey shecky, I just installed te spigot in my cooler today.... I'm gonna beat ya to it if you don't pull them red socks up!

I heard you already went AG? Baaa Baaa

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

Dang, slow down, brother. I got the cooler Tuesday. Hardware hopefully this weekend. Also got a line on a keggle. The race is joined.

And I need a new avatar.

Hmmm, If I order the ingredients right now I can beat ya to it.....Squeal like a 'lil piggy and I'll hold off until I'm properly ready......Come on now, who's yer daddy (Squeal 'lil piggy!) ........OK, Maybe I'll hold off so we can arrive at the same time......Oh!! J'arrive!! J'arrive!! C'est magnifique mon cher!!

Or maybe not.