Pomerleau, a computer scientist living near Pittsburgh, first began training fish after his son, Kyle, won two goldfish at a fair in 2005. "The kids wanted a dog, so I tried to make the fish more interesting," he explains. Using a homemade wand loaded with fish food and lots of positive reinforcement, he trained them to do tricks.
波默洛是一名计算机科学家，居住在匹兹堡附近。2005年，他的儿子在集市上赢得了两只金鱼，他就从那个时候开始训练金鱼。他说：“我的儿子想要一只狗，所以我就训练金鱼，把金鱼当狗养。”迪恩 波默洛把鱼食包在自制的“驯鱼棒”上，在食物的刺激下，金鱼学会了一些技能。
资料图:美国教授花30美元教会金鱼"踢足球"
In total, it'll take about two months for most 2- to 6-inch fish to learn all nine tricks in the kit. The kit, which retails for $30 at r2fishschool.com, comes with a 45-minute DVD, a training manual, a feeding wand and more than 20 accessories.
一般来说，教具套装能够保证普通的2-6英寸大小的金鱼在两个月内学会九种技能(其中包括足球)。教具套装在R2金鱼培训学校"的网站上零售价是30美元，包括一张长达45分钟的DVD，一本训练手册，一根鱼食棒和20多件小工具。