lapislazuli@sopuli.xyz to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 months agoTIL that 'Goldfish have a memory-span of at least three months and can distinguish between different shapes, colors, and sounds'message-squaremessage-square19linkfedilinkarrow-up1246arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1244arrow-down1message-squareTIL that 'Goldfish have a memory-span of at least three months and can distinguish between different shapes, colors, and sounds'lapislazuli@sopuli.xyz to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 months agomessage-square19linkfedilinkfile-text
So much for saying that goldfish have a thee-second memory-span. The can also recognize people. (Wikipedia)
minus-squareWolfmanEightySix@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoI didn’t know you could hear underwater.
minus-squareTachyonTele@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months agoWhales and such make noises for a reason.
minus-squareTheFeatureCreature@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 months agoFish do too. Fish have pressure sensors down the lengths of their bodies they use for navigation, sensing prey and predators, and communicating. My gouramis are making clicking noises in their tank as I type this. Love those things.
minus-squareTachyonTele@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoLife is amazing. I love learning things like this
minus-squarefolkrav@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoYou’ve never put your head under water?
minus-squareteft@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoYou can actually hear better underwater since water is a better conductor of sound than air is.
minus-squarenaeap@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoDolphins (and probably also Orcas) even call each other with their different names
I didn’t know you could hear underwater.
Whales and such make noises for a reason.
Fish do too. Fish have pressure sensors down the lengths of their bodies they use for navigation, sensing prey and predators, and communicating.
My gouramis are making clicking noises in their tank as I type this. Love those things.
Life is amazing. I love learning things like this
You’ve never put your head under water?
You can actually hear better underwater since water is a better conductor of sound than air is.
Dolphins (and probably also Orcas) even call each other with their different names
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