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Studies have found the concept of fish having three second memories is a myth and goldfish memories can last as long as three months.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200605/s1645894.htm
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Mythbusters also proved this. I'd provide a link, but my connection is too slow at work today.
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Mythbusters also proved this. I'd provide a link, but my connection is too slow at work today.
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I would have think this would have been disproven a while back... I know people have taught goldfish tricks before, and the fact that they remembered how to do the tricks should have shown that they had longer memories.
Here's an article on training goldfish:
http://www.clickertraining.com/training/advanced_topics/index.htm?loaditem=training_a_fish&itemnumber=2&salesitem=advanced_s

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