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Phyllis and Jim Hurley
July 17th 03, 12:22 AM
Deer have a 3 minute memory for motion. A goldfish has got to be even
better at forgetting!

J

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"~ Windsong ~" > wrote in message
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> In the last chapter: K30a picked up the keyboard and pecked out:
> :: - a brick flue at the bottom of the pond
> :: to give the fish a place to hide
> ===================
> These are worthless. The herons wait until the fish come back out, and
most
> don't even use the flue to hide in. The bird freezes and the fish seem to
> forget it's there. The heron then has a fine dinner on your best fish.
> Before I bought the nets I watched how these birds do their fishing. I
> would venture to guess anywhere you find herons you will also find
> fish-eating frogs and snakes. None of the things you've mentioned will
keep
> these predators away.
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K30a
July 17th 03, 01:46 AM
John wrote >>I read somewhere sometime that Golfish have a 2 second memory
span<<

It goes kinda like this -
"D*mn, fish food again!"
"Hey, I love fish food!"
"D*mn, fish food again!"


k30a

John Rutz
July 17th 03, 01:54 AM
Phyllis and Jim Hurley wrote:
> Deer have a 3 minute memory for motion. A goldfish has got to be even
> better at forgetting!
>
> J
>


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I read somewhere sometime that Golfish have a 2 second memory span




John Rutz
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BenignVanilla
July 17th 03, 02:38 PM
"K30a" > wrote in message
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> John wrote >>I read somewhere sometime that Golfish have a 2 second memory
> span<<
>
> It goes kinda like this -
> "D*mn, fish food again!"
> "Hey, I love fish food!"
> "D*mn, fish food again!"

Or in my case...

"Hey what's that, let me taste it..."
"Oh it's his finger again."
"Hey what's that other thing next to it, lemme taste it..."

Sam Hopkins
July 17th 03, 03:02 PM
I read that a goldfish has a 5 second attention span.

"Phyllis and Jim Hurley" > wrote in
message ...
> Deer have a 3 minute memory for motion. A goldfish has got to be even
> better at forgetting!
>
> J
>
> --
> ____________________________________________
> Check out Jog-A-Thon fundraiser (clears $140+ per jogger) at:
> www.jogathon.net
> See our pond at: http://www.home.bellsouth.net/p/pwp-jameshurley
> "~ Windsong ~" > wrote in message
> ...
> > In the last chapter: K30a picked up the keyboard and pecked out:
> > :: - a brick flue at the bottom of the pond
> > :: to give the fish a place to hide
> > ===================
> > These are worthless. The herons wait until the fish come back out, and
> most
> > don't even use the flue to hide in. The bird freezes and the fish seem
to
> > forget it's there. The heron then has a fine dinner on your best fish.
> > Before I bought the nets I watched how these birds do their fishing. I
> > would venture to guess anywhere you find herons you will also find
> > fish-eating frogs and snakes. None of the things you've mentioned will
> keep
> > these predators away.
> > --
> > *.·´¨¨))
> > ¸.·´ .·´¨¨))*
> > *((¸¸.·´ ..·´
> > ((¸¸.·´* ~ * Carol * ~ *
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>