Sunday, March 25, 2007
First Albert earned a food reward every time he swam toward the net. This training technique is called positive reinforcement. The fish likes the treat, so it learns to repeat the action to get additional treats. Once Albert learned to go toward the net, Kyle and his dad added a new step—ball handling. Eventually Albert learned to push a ball into a goal. The trainer learns patience and persistence, the father-son team says. It may take five or six training sessions a day for three weeks to teach a fish to swim through a hoop. Just like kids, individual fish learn at different speeds! Source: National Geographic Kids News Something to think about: Does this mean we can train our crayfish, Daddy and Mommy, and our terrapin, Redhwan, to do tricks? What do you all think? Labels: pets
Weird News: Pet Fish Learns New Tricks
Albert Einstein, a calico fantail goldfish, is not your ordinary pet goldfish. He has learned to take food from his owner's hand, swim through hoops and tubes, and even put a miniature soccer ball into a goal!
Albert learned "ball handling" through training. Here he nudges a miniature soccer ball toward a goal in his tank.
(Photograph courtesy Dean Pomerleau)
It all started when Kyle Pomerleau, 9, won two goldfish at a school fair. Soon he noticed that the fish would react to his movements whenever he came near the tank. He wondered if they were smarter than he'd realised.
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10:03 pm
Wow!!!!It's huje how do they catch that thing???
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10:17 pm
what a clever little fish
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3:36 pm
cool a fish which play football
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7:00 pm
Interesting,but fish does not play soccer!!!
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8:19 pm
haha,interesting.....play football worh..........
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7:19 pm
interesting fishes play football???
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11:58 pm
i think it is interesting 4 a fish to play football
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