"With a little time and repetition, the animal will learn to perform the complete behaviour to receive the reward."ĭr Pomerleau already holds the official world record for having the fish with the largest repertoire of tricks, with a three year-old calico fantail named Albert Einstein.īut four inch long Comet has already learnt Albert's array of tricks and is set to take the crown of the world's most intelligent goldfish.ĭr Pomerleau, from Los Angeles, California, has teamed up with pet product firm R2 Solutions to design a special kit to help people train their fish. "Then, only turning and stepping toward it will be rewarded.
"In training an animal to press a lever, for example, simply turning toward the lever will be rewarded at first. "The basic idea is to reinforce successive, increasingly accurate approximations of a desired behaviour. "Now people in the market for a dog might want to consider a fish instead." Positive reinforcement is a training technique where the fish is rewarded with food when he successfully completes a task.ĭr Pomerleau added: "We've used techniques that we've customised for pet fish, but are based on those used to train dolphins and other marine mammals. "With the correct tools and the basic promise of a food reward, fish can very quickly learn complex tricks - like the limbo, slalom or playing fetch. Owner Dr Dean Pomerleau, 41, used a training technique called positive reinforcement to train two year old common goldfish Comet to carry out the tricks.īut there's nothing fishy about his claim - in fact, he says anyone can do the same with their own pet.įish training expert Dr Pomerleau said: "There is mounting evidence that fish are more intelligent than people give them credit for.
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Introducing the world's most intelligent fish - he can play football, basketball and even limbo dance under a bar.Ĭomet the goldfish has been trained by his owner to perform the astonishing range of aquatic activities on demand.Īnd that's not all - watery genius can also play fetch with a hoop, slalom around a series of poles and push a rugby ball over a set of posts.
he plays football, basketball and even limbo dances
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