Do you own a fish? I used to but he died. Anyway, Albert Einstein, a calico fantail is not an ordinary family goldfish. He has learned to swim through tubes and hoops, take food from his owner’s hand and put a mini soccer ball into a goal! I was amazed when I heard this. It made me want to get another goldfish right away!
This started when Kyle Pomerleau, age 9, won two goldfish at a school fair. He soon noticed that the fish would react to his movements when he came close to the tank. Pomerleau wondered if they were smarter than he had realized.
Kyle and his father, Dean Pomerleau wanted to test if Albert was a smart goldfish, so they started by getting a finger soccer set and put weights on the bottom of the goal.
They then gave Albert treats every time he swam to the goal. Then Kyle and his dad tossed in 
another step-ball handling.
Well if you want to teach a goldfish how to do tricks. Start it now!
Would you like to teach a fish tricks? Why? If you was to teach fish tricks, which tricks would you decide? Try to demonstrate the tricks you would practice with your fish.
I would teach a fish to smile and I would try to improve its memory. This would obviously make it more attractive to humans as a pet. I would also make it blow bubbles. In the movie, Finding Nemo, Dory and Marlin would have been able to find Nemo easier and the movie would have been half an hour shorter.
Posted by: Bronwyn G | March 16, 2006 at 12:24 PM
This post was very well written, Zach. I would have loved it if it were longer. What a cool fish. I would love to have a fish that could play with me. I would like to teach a fish how to dance along with music. I think a fish would like classical music. Or maybe reggae. What do you think?
Posted by: Mom | March 16, 2006 at 03:41 PM
Great post Zachary!
Who would have thought that goldfish could be trained to perform tricks? That never would have crossed my mind. I have had a difficult time trying to train my dog to play catch!
I suppose if I were going to teach a fish a trick I would teach it to play catch. Then MAYBE the fish could help me teach my dog!
Posted by: Ms. Roper | March 17, 2006 at 06:57 AM
o my god
Posted by: mike | September 19, 2006 at 08:31 AM