The experiment shows goldfish have the cognitive ability to learn a complex task in an environment completely unlike the one they evolved in, the study’s author says. Photo: Shutterstock
Scientists teach goldfish how to drive ‘fish-operated vehicle’
- Six subjects were put in a fish tank on wheels and rewarded with food if they managed to steer it to a target location
- The Israeli researchers said it was ‘challenging at first’, but the goldfish were all successful after a few days of training
The experiment shows goldfish have the cognitive ability to learn a complex task in an environment completely unlike the one they evolved in, the study’s author says. Photo: Shutterstock
