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This is undoubtedly some cool technology, but it seems traumatizing for the fish. I have no idea what degree of consciousness a goldfish has, but my guess is a)
by jonnathanson 13y ago
This is undoubtedly some cool technology, but it seems traumatizing for the fish. I have no idea what degree of consciousness a goldfish has, but my guess is a) not enough to be aware it's controlling the movements, yet b) aware enough of the jostling and movement that it's highly panicked. The result is that it's flailing around frantically; its fight-or-flight mode is always engaged.
So I'm a little conflicted here. Love the tech; concerned about the ethics.
- deelowe 13y agoThat's my thought as well. I can't help but think the poor fish is just trying to make the earthquake stop and in the process creating his own hell.
- adam12 13y agoI was thinking something like a smooth toy railroad track would be less traumatizing. The current design doesn't seem to let the fish just swim around without moving the car. There should be a slightly bigger area for the fish to swim and only make the car move when the fish is in a small area of the tank in the front or back. It would be interesting to have the track go into different areas/rooms with different colors or lighting to see if the fish spends more time in certain areas. That might shed some light on whether the fish is aware that it can control where the train/car goes.
- cjfont 13y agoI think part of the problem is that the steering is not responsive enough, and that might be preventing it from realizing it can control direction.
- Houshalter 13y agoIt should also probably move slower to keep it from jostling the fish around.