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Re: [APD] Fishy Style Swimming



Now this is having imagination

On 1/14/06, Mike Wickham <mewickham at compuserve_com> wrote:
>
> > I have watched it about 6 more times today myself....lol.    I just have
> > to
> > wonder how he trained those fish!
>
> Hi, Terry!
>
> I don't think the fish are trained at all. It looks to me like it was done
> with magnets. It would be easy to stick a magnet down the fishes' throats,
> and then have someone hidden under the table use another magnet to move
> the
> fish around. The poles of the magnets would keep the fish pointing in the
> direction desired. If you look closely, you can see the fish skimming--
> even
> dragging-- the bottom and the swimming motion looks unnatural. Fantail
> goldfish wag their bodies when they swim. These fish don't wag. They are
> being pulled along by an unseen force.
>
> Mike Wickham
>
>
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