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It might be an imaginary character straight out of a Dr Seuss book: The goldfish who could drive. Yet it is real. Incredibly, Israeli researchers created a robotic car and report that they taught six fish — named after characters from Pride and Prejudice — to navigate it on land. It is all in the name of science, of course. The team had been dreaming up ways to test fish navigation for a while, said Shachar Givon from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, first author of a study published in t...

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Israeli researchers say their fish – named after characters from Pride and Prejudice – reveal navigation is a universal ability

Goldfish successfully drove its way, heading towards its treats. Researchers from Israel were able to prove that fishes can learn to navigate completely novel habitats, not only specific ones like a coral reef.

Researchers at Ben-Gurion University taught six goldfish to drive a motorized fish tank in just 10 days – creating a very unique driving school

The car was designed to move depending on the fish's location in its tank, showing animals can understand how to navigate foreign environments

One might think that certain animals are only able to navigate within the environment in which their species evolved. According to a new study, however, goldfish are quite capable of steering a land-based "car" toward a land-based target, in order to get a food pellet.

Researchers from the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev tested a fish's navigational abilities by teaching it to swim to a target for a reward.

This is not the first study to demonstrate the ability of fish to navigate their environments. A similar study took place in 2014. However, it is the first of its kind to have the fish do it on dry land.