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What is the memory span of a fish2007-11-24 23:41:48

Look at that castle?

What's a castle?

I don't know. Why did you ask?

Why did I ask what?

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Once round the bowl !

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No! I saw Professor Winston (I think thats his name) doing an experiment with fish. When the fish were young he put a scary thing on the end of a stick and chased them with it. A few months later he put the same thing back into the tank and immediately all the fish went crazy!!

And as far as my own fish go, if they only have a 5 second memory, then why do they go crazy for food when I get close to their fish tank?

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Yes you are right it is a matter of seconds

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i think they did a scientific work a while ago and they think its longer actually dont know how long though

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They actually have a longer memory span than people think. They will notice anything new placed in the environment and investigate it. Scientists have also found that they will respond to a lever that if operated dispenses food (bit like rats, monkeys with food and other stimuli's)

They have now found that the animal with the shortest memory span is a hamster which is either so dopey it does not notice or to cool to care if anything changes about its habitat

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idk iv heard a bunch of times 3 sec. 5 sec 5 min 3 weeks i really dont know

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A year or so ago the TV show Mythbuster tried to train gold fish. The fish that were trained navigated a maze much better than the untrained fish. Based on the show, I would bet it is longer than 24 hours.

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they say 5 secs. but who really knows

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People Say It's Four Seconds But I Believe They Can Remember Much More Than That. I Mean, How Do People Actually Know, Have They Ever Been A Fish!?!?

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3 secs

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not very long

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2 seconds

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It is said, by the professional, that there memory span is three seconds, however, I found this out on the net: