{"id":1210585,"date":"2022-01-12T10:04:39","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T15:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1210585"},"modified":"2022-01-12T10:04:42","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T15:04:42","slug":"goldfish-can-drive-fish-tank-on-wheels-israel-study-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/goldfish-can-drive-fish-tank-on-wheels-israel-study-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"Goldfish Can Drive Fish Tank on Wheels, Israel Study Finds"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgoldfish-can-drive-fish-tank-on-wheels-israel-study-finds%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1210585&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/goldfish-drive-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">(AFP) \u2014&nbsp; Goldfish may have short memories but, according to an Israeli university study, they might be able to drive.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev found that a goldfish\u2019s innate navigational abilities allowed it to steer a robotic vehicle towards a terrestrial target if given a food reward.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>To conduct their unusual experiment, the team placed a fish tank on a set of motorised wheels.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>A camera system then recorded the fish\u2019s movements in the water and translated it into navigational directions \u2014 effectively moving the contraption in the direction where the fish bumped up against the glass.<\/p>\n<p>In a video released by the university, the fish can be seen \u201cdriving\u201d the vehicle toward a visual target, a colourful mark on the wall of the experiment room, visible through the clear sides of the tank.<\/p>\n<p>When the fish steered the vehicle to the mark, it received a food reward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter a few days of training, the fish navigated to the target,\u201d the university team said in a press release.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMoreover, they were able to do so even if they were interrupted in the middle by hitting a wall and they were not fooled by false targets placed by the researchers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The peer-reviewed research, published in the Behavioural Brain Research journal, \u201chints that navigational ability is universal rather than specific to the environment,\u201d said Shachar Givon, a PhD student at the university\u2019s Life Sciences department who worked on the experiment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(AFP) \u2014\u00a0 Goldfish may have short memories but, according to an Israeli university study, they might be able to drive. 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