Goldfish learned to drive: They were discovered to navigate in the terrestrial environment.
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Israeli scientists signed a study that is considered a landmark in the animal kingdom. Researchers who taught goldfish to use tools revealed that they had the ability to navigate and navigate on land. As part of the study, six goldfish in an aquarium placed on wheels were able to drive the vehicle to certain targets in the room. One of them went out on his own to explore the surroundings. The ability of fish to maneuver on land and proving that their understanding of navigation is not limited to their natural environment means that they are creatures with complex structures, experts said.
Israeli researchers discovered that after training fish to drive, they have the ability to navigate on land.
Scientists at Ben-Gurion University have developed a FOV (Fish Operated Vehicle) to drive fish. The robotic car is equipped with LIDAR, a remote sensing technology that uses pulsed laser light to collect data about the vehicle's ground position and the location of the fish inside a mounted water tank.
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"Surprisingly, it doesn't take long for the fish to learn to use the tool. They are confused at first. But they quickly realize that there is a correlation between their own movements and the movements of the FOV," said Shachar Givon, one of the authors of the study published in the scientific journal Science Direct.
However, six goldfish took part in the study, each taking about 10 driving lessons. When the fish reached a goal set by the researchers, they were rewarded with food.
"Some are better drivers"
Biology professor and neuroscientist Ronen Segev said some goldfish are better drivers than others.
On the other hand, the scientists stressed that understanding that a fish has the cognitive ability to navigate outside of its natural aquatic environment will expand scientific knowledge of animals' basic navigational skills.
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Segev said, "We humans see ourselves as very special and most of us think that fish are primitive creatures. This is not true. There are other very important and very intelligent creatures besides us."
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Study co-author Ohad Ben-Shahar, a computer scientist and neuroscience researcher, added that in addition to reaching set targets, the fish took a tour of the building. Ben-Shahar said, “We let a goldfish roam the entire building without our control and saw it start to explore. He went into one of the corridors and started sneaking away,” he said.
On the other hand, behavioral neuroscientist Kelly Lambert from the University of Richmond in the USA, who was not involved in the study, said that the driving ability of fish did not completely surprise him.
In her own study, Lambert, who teaches rats to drive toy cars, says, “Teaching goldfish to navigate terrestrial terrain takes animal driving experiments to the next level. I like the idea of a fish out of water,” she evaluated. nonstop news
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