# And in other news, fish can drive cars **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 11, 2022, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-in-other-news-fish-can-drive-cars/957577 "2022-01-11T07:40:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-in-other-news-fish-can-drive-cars/957577/1 "2022-01-11T07:40:16Z")
Israeli researchers have apparently taught goldfish to drive cars. > **[Watch a goldfish drive a car toward a target to earn treats | CBC News](https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/goldfish-driving-1.6309485)** > > Goldfish are capable of navigating on land, Israeli researchers have found, after training fish to drive. Those robots with fishtank heads are getting closer and closer! ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-in-other-news-fish-can-drive-cars/957577/2 "2022-01-11T13:14:00Z")
There’s something very fishy about this story. But I won’t carp on it. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-in-other-news-fish-can-drive-cars/957577/3 "2022-01-11T13:18:51Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Israeli researchers have apparently taught goldfish to drive cars. - Do they fuel up at a Shell station? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/6l1GvDWtccI/hqdefault.jpg "Wet Dream - Kip Addotta") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l1GvDWtccI) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-in-other-news-fish-can-drive-cars/957577/4 "2022-01-11T14:03:53Z")
Oh, they’ll never admit it, but you just _know_ where they got [the idea](https://www.pinterest.com/pin/380061656039682691/?d=t&mt=login): ---
**Author:** ![tofor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tofor/32/13727_2.png) [@tofor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tofor)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-in-other-news-fish-can-drive-cars/957577/5 "2022-01-11T14:26:53Z")
Or maybe on [QI _years_ ago](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXUqDcANKj0) ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-in-other-news-fish-can-drive-cars/957577/6 "2022-01-11T15:10:30Z")
Fish aren’t the only ones who can drive. [Here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6ze-nVh2Bs)’s an orangutan driving a golf cart and [another](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWAK0J8Uhzk) of dogs driving a Mini. ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-in-other-news-fish-can-drive-cars/957577/7 "2022-01-11T16:10:20Z")
That goldfish has got to be a fluke. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-in-other-news-fish-can-drive-cars/957577/8 "2022-01-11T16:17:59Z")
> [@mixdenny](#): > > That goldfish has got to be a fluke. - I’ll bet you think you’re finny. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-in-other-news-fish-can-drive-cars/957577/9 "2022-01-11T18:55:02Z")
^ **Orange** you being a little **Roughy** on him? ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2022, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-in-other-news-fish-can-drive-cars/957577/10 "2022-01-12T03:40:35Z")
> [@mixdenny](#): > > That goldfish has got to be a fluke. No, it was a successful experiment - just on a very small scale. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2022, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-in-other-news-fish-can-drive-cars/957577/11 "2022-01-12T03:51:48Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Those robots with fishtank heads are getting closer and closer! A. J. Carmichael! [![](https://images7.alphacoders.com/110/thumb-1920-1106859.jpg) ](https://images7.alphacoders.com/110/thumb-1920-1106859.jpg)