Fish

[straycat]

I'm away a while, so (probably) no posting for a bit (which is likely a good thing for my sanity). Thought I'd leave you all this

Just in case you haven't seen it. Sorry if it's been posted here before.

Questions:
Is it real?
Can it be real?
How can it be real?
How is this possible?
Why would anyone even try?
Is he insane? (he sounds it)
Are they real fish?
Is it real?

Huh?

[jive_me]

Novel idea...but I'm thinkin not. Apart from the obvious two of the fish swim backwards and, if my fish professor is to be believed (yes I do have a professor of fish) they can't do that because the gill plates are too thin and because of the direction of flow of the water through the buccal cavity (some fish can swim backwards, but not many...members of the eel family can swim backwards...also, I think, lungfish ). And now I'm going to stop typing...ahem....

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[ducasi]

I reckon it's for real.

[Beowulf]

my vote is for clever CGI

[ducasi]

The question is, which is less bother? Finding a Japanese guy who has spent his life training goldfish or spending millions to fake that video so convincingly?

The goldfish only swim backwards in a very awkward manner for a couple of inches.

[Beowulf]

Millions? I think not.. looks at all the funny movies and videos out there on Google video, You Tube etc.. some of which are mre sophisticated than this one, all done by PC/mac hobbyists on their home machines.

funny though when i did a search on google for synchronized goldfish, I got lots of links to various hoax sites. alas not Snopes this time..

[Stuart M]

(some fish can swim backwards, but not many...members of the eel family can swim backwards...also, I think, lungfish )

Oh goody, fish geekery.

Knifefish can swim backwards quite well, as well as they can go forwards in fact.

Unfortunately I can't see the video in my office, so now I'll stop typing as well

[jive_me]

Oh goody, fish geekery.

Knifefish can swim backwards quite well, as well as they can go forwards in fact.

Unfortunately I can't see the video in my office, so now I'll stop typing as well

I'm not a fish geek not really...

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