Today’s entry, like most, is the byproduct of a mixture of sleep-deprivation and screwing around on Wikipedia.
Hence, the following:
“The notion that goldfish have a memory of only three seconds is completely false. They have been trained to navigate mazes and can recognize their owners after an exposure of a few months.”
I now feel guilty for squandering the potential of the fish I had growing up. Rather than being merely a slightly malodorous paperweight, Princess the Fish could have been trained to fetch the paper and lick my face affectionately. Life, I suppose, is full of missed opportunities.