Colin the Goldfish

World's Best Goldfish *

  • šŸŸ He lived to a grand old age
  • šŸŸ He was huge... I mean enormous!
  • šŸŸ He was sleak and beautiful
  • šŸŸ A great friend to chill out with
  • šŸŸ He was calm and quiet, my perfect type
  • šŸŸ He was an all round top dog fish
*If there was such a competition, he would have won it šŸ„‡!

Goldfish Facts

Itā€™s a myth that goldfish have a 3-second memory
Some scientists in Israel trained their goldfish to come to a dinner bell sound. Then, they let them go into the sea. 5 months later they played the bell soundā€”and the fish all came back!
They have a longer attention span than people
9 seconds is the average goldfish attention span. But yours is probably only 8.
Goldfish can recognize faces.
And not just faces, but also shapes, colors, and sounds! So good newsā€”youā€™re not just a shapeless blob to your pet.
Goldfish canā€™t blink.
So donā€™t try to have a staring contest with it! They donā€™t have eyelidsā€¦ so they donā€™t even close their eyes when they sleep.
You can train them to do tricks
Some people think goldfish arenā€™t very smart. But get this: Using food as a reward, goldfish can learn to do all kinds of tricks! Pushing a ball through a hoop, playing soccer, and going through an obstacle course are just some of what they can learn!
A school of goldfish is called a ā€œtroublingā€
Thereā€™s no leader as they swim. Hereā€™s how they do it: When one veers off, the others follow. Or if they donā€™t follow, the runaway comes back to join the crowd.

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