QuickCheck: Is it true that goldfish only have a three-second memory span?

By YUEN MEIKENG

SAYING one has “the memory of a goldfish” is to describe a person who is bad at remembering things. But do these fish really have three seconds worth of memory?

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QuickCheck , Nature , Biology , Fish , Goldfish , Aquatic life , Memory , Brain power

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