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One of Karen Pryor Academy's curriculum requirements is that students must learn to train a second species—something other than a dog. Academy faculty member Helix Fairweather decided that if her students had to accomplish this task, she should be able to demonstrate the process. Using shaping—and a lot of patience—Helix trained her fish, Cartman, to touch a target and swim through a hoop. And we have the video to prove it! To read the full article on Helix's experience, click here.

Want to try training a fish yourself? A good introduction is found in Karen Pryor's article Training a Fish: Goldfish-Click. And if you're wondering "why bother," here's an interesting take on Fish Enrichment (and we're not talking about cat food!). Lastly, discover how fish are being trained to play soccer and dance the limbo!