Now, think for a moment... how big could a goldfish's brain be? As big as the head of a pin? Maybe?
I suppose he must have enough brain power to think about something, because he avoids the Green Net of Doom when I clean his bowl every
But guys, really. He's not a puppy, he's a fish. A tiny, 10 cent feeder-fish. He can't possibly have the mental capacity to predict that you will feed him and beg.
But I've been watching him. And I think they're right.
He's watching.
He follows me around his bowl. Begging.
Feed me, Seymour.
I lOVE that picture...did you take that?!
ReplyDeleteI totally believe they can beg. I had a brackish fish once...a little spotted puffer. He was awesome. I called him puffy. :) So original, I know (and I was in college when I had said fish). Anyway, when I would come into the room, he would swim over to the side of the tank and go up and down and I swear he would smile. :) He was awesome.
Now its time to teach him some tricks! I'm not kidding: http://www.fish-school.com/
ReplyDeleteI do seem to remember that you can train fish to come to a certain side of the tank at feeding time- a sort of Pavlovian response.
Did NOT take the pic... I wish. Found it googling "images goldfish" :0)
ReplyDeleteOh my - FISH SCHOOL! (And it's a pun, too!) Sounds like a homeschool science project to me.