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Romeodanny wrote:Greater Basilisk wrote:
I dunno. There are some fish with the same brain siye that are smarter than that. Like goldfish. I wouldn-t think of fish as intelligent or anything, but I-ve taught mine a few simple tricks.
Goldfish, tricks? They have a two second attention span. They don’t even remember if they ate or not. At least mine didn’t. When I first moved away I left my large aquarium at my parents. My mom gave them a years worth of food in less than a month. They didn’t live long in that mess. I took a smaller aquarium and moved what I had left. I only have a pleco left. He’s now too big to be put in with other fish. He’ll just attack them. The only fish he gets along with are betas. They get along very well. I’ve only been able to teach them to take food from my fingers. I guess that was a trick.
Admittedly fish tricks aren’t sophisticated, but I’ve got a big orange comet who will nibble on my fingers whenever I put my hand in the tank, whether there’s food in them or not, and if I hold my hand curled and very still he’ll swim over and “sit” in it. I think that’s a good job of learning for a fishy.lamortefille wrote:Dragon Master wrote:I would say so since I have NEVER heard of a fish taking food directly from humans hand
You never had Oscars! We had two and we loved them to death (literally).
We didn’t know feeding them live food would give them hole in the head disease. I still feel bad and miss them – they were smart, beautiful, wonderful fish.
I have never heard of hole in the head disease???Greater Basilisk wrote:I dunno. There are some fish with the same brain siye that are smarter than that. Like goldfish. I wouldn-t think of fish as intelligent or anything, but I-ve taught mine a few simple tricks.
Yes, you can teach a goldfish tricks – but you can teach mice much more sophisticated ones.
Not that I HAVE, mind you – I don’t spend time training my mice to put themselves into the ‘dive’ position so that when they DO get fed to snakes they’re easier to swallow…. honest!
Greater Basilisk wrote:Romeodanny wrote:Greater Basilisk wrote:I dunno. There are some fish with the same brain siye that are smarter than that. Like goldfish. I wouldn-t think of fish as intelligent or anything, but I-ve taught mine a few simple tricks.
Goldfish, tricks? They have a two second attention span. They don’t even remember if they ate or not. At least mine didn’t. When I first moved away I left my large aquarium at my parents. My mom gave them a years worth of food in less than a month. They didn’t live long in that mess. I took a smaller aquarium and moved what I had left. I only have a pleco left. He’s now too big to be put in with other fish. He’ll just attack them. The only fish he gets along with are betas. They get along very well. I’ve only been able to teach them to take food from my fingers. I guess that was a trick.
Admittedly fish tricks aren’t sophisticated, but I’ve got a big orange comet who will nibble on my fingers whenever I put my hand in the tank, whether there’s food in them or not, and if I hold my hand curled and very still he’ll swim over and “sit” in it. I think that’s a good job of learning for a fishy.
Hum, actually you’re right. I had a shubunkin that would “sit” in my hand. I guess that’s a trick. And all of my goldfish would nibble on my fingers. I had to be carefull though. My mom was babysitting (he was an older kid) the kid managed to catch one of my goldfish, dropped it on the floor, then proceded to “play” with it. My poor fish. I found him and saved my fish but, it was close. I guess the kid didn’t understand that most fish can’t breath air.Dragon Master wrote:lamortefille wrote:Dragon Master wrote:I would say so since I have NEVER heard of a fish taking food directly from humans hand
You never had Oscars! We had two and we loved them to death (literally).
We didn’t know feeding them live food would give them hole in the head disease. I still feel bad and miss them – they were smart, beautiful, wonderful fish.
I have never heard of hole in the head disease???
Oh, I’ve heard of that. Awful. There are alot of very discusting fish diseases and parasites.Ssthisto wrote:Greater Basilisk wrote:I dunno. There are some fish with the same brain siye that are smarter than that. Like goldfish. I wouldn-t think of fish as intelligent or anything, but I-ve taught mine a few simple tricks.
Yes, you can teach a goldfish tricks – but you can teach mice much more sophisticated ones.
Not that I HAVE, mind you – I don’t spend time training my mice to put themselves into the ‘dive’ position so that when they DO get fed to snakes they’re easier to swallow…. honest!
Mice are okay. They are interesting. But, rats are just the coolest. If I didn’t have cats, I would have rats.Ssthisto wrote:Greater Basilisk wrote:I dunno. There are some fish with the same brain siye that are smarter than that. Like goldfish. I wouldn-t think of fish as intelligent or anything, but I-ve taught mine a few simple tricks.
Yes, you can teach a goldfish tricks – but you can teach mice much more sophisticated ones.
Not that I HAVE, mind you – I don’t spend time training my mice to put themselves into the ‘dive’ position so that when they DO get fed to snakes they’re easier to swallow…. honest!
Feed away, Ssthisto!
Romeodanny wrote:Greater Basilisk wrote: Admittedly fish tricks aren’t sophisticated, but I’ve got a big orange comet who will nibble on my fingers whenever I put my hand in the tank, whether there’s food in them or not, and if I hold my hand curled and very still he’ll swim over and “sit” in it. I think that’s a good job of learning for a fishy.Hum, actually you’re right. I had a shubunkin that would “sit” in my hand. I guess that’s a trick. And all of my goldfish would nibble on my fingers. I had to be carefull though. My mom was babysitting (he was an older kid) the kid managed to catch one of my goldfish, dropped it on the floor, then proceded to “play” with it. My poor fish. I found him and saved my fish but, it was close. I guess the kid didn’t understand that most fish can’t breath air.
Dumb kid. Where’s he get his biology lessons from?
I have a shubunkin too, but it and the fantail are much shyer than the comet. I haven’t tried to teach them anything.mimitrek wrote:Dragon Master wrote:again with the killing thing. LALALALALA
That’s what I say!
Mimi you better watch out next they will be talking about big snakes eating squirrels
Dragon Master wrote:mimitrek wrote:Dragon Master wrote:again with the killing thing. LALALALALA
That’s what I say!
Mimi you better watch out next they will be talking about big snakes eating squirrels
Nah, the squirrels are too quick for the snakes!
mimitrek wrote:Dragon Master wrote:mimitrek wrote:Dragon Master wrote:again with the killing thing. LALALALALA
That’s what I say!
Mimi you better watch out next they will be talking about big snakes eating squirrels
Nah, the squirrels are too quick for the snakes!
Not to mention too aggressive and too fuzzy – all that hair would be horrible to have to clean up afterwards!
Grey squirrels might LOOK cute, but they’re tree rats with good PR and an attitude.
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