Test Your Knowledge Of Animal Intelligence With This Fact-Packed Quiz!

How far back can goldfish remember things?

38%
Goldfish were on hand to celebrate Nowruz, the Persian New Year,
Retry Correct Incorrect As Culum Brown from Macquarie University told LiveScience, goldfish are intelligent enough that their memories are often used as benchmarks for other fish. They can recognize other goldfish after spending months apart, and they can remember the solutions to puzzles and mazes they figured out months prior. The 10-second memory thing is a myth.
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How far back can goldfish remember things?

  • Ten seconds
  • Six seconds
  • A week
  • Multiple months and possibly even years
38%

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