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Cars and fish songs...in the name of science -

Cars and fish songs...in the name of science

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by Anna Weggel and Jill Riley

January 14, 2022

This just in! Israeli scientists have taught fish how to drive.

Researchers taught goldfish inside a water tank how to use a wheeled platform to “drive” toward a target in order to receive a food pellet reward. What the scientists are aiming to show with this study is that navigational ability is universal rather than specific to the environment.

Cool!

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