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Whats The Memory Span Of A Siamese Fighting Fish2007-11-24 23:42:44

Whats The Memory Span Of A Siamese Fighting Fish, I think its also known as a Betta.

I know a goldfish has 3 seconds..

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I'm not sure about your facts on the goldfish. The Myth-busters managed to teach a couple of goldfish to go through a maze to reach food. Each time they did it they got faster, had to be memory.

My Betta remembers when and where I feed him, every time he is waiting in the same spot when i get there.

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Ooops, what was the question?

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Its gotta be about the same as a goldfish. They all have a little bitty brain!

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comparing a fish's memory to our own really isn't fair or simple to do. Their minds are very different from the mammalian standards we go by. I don't know much about how they work, but most fish don't really "think" as we do at all. They are genetically hardwired to perform certain behaviors. amoung those may be being conditioned to come up to the surface when they see a big shadow next to the tank. but they don't say to themselves, "Oh look here's johnny to feed me! I better go up to the surface to get the food!"

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Goldfish and betta have greater memories than 3-seconds.

A betta (or any other fish) can be 'taught' to associate a human as the provider of its food. This requires rudimentary memory. This is opposed to a wild betta which would instinctively flee a human due to the lack of food association.