Only joking, of course.
Regards,
Bruce.
Bruce Hansen, A.N.G.F.A., Advancing Australian Aquatics.
Bruce Hansen, ANGFA, caring for our aquatic ecosystems.
Please visit us at http://www.ozemail.com.au/~fisher/angfa.htm
-----Original Message-----
From: Piabinha at aol.com <Piabinha at aol.com>
To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au <rainbowfish at pcug.org.au>
Date: Saturday, 12 December 1998 12:33
Subject: [RML] tragedy, or why are fish so dumb
>i just had a tragedy and i'm rather upset about it. thinking of treating
my
>fish, i bought some small crickets for my 29 gallon tank which houses congo
>tetras, boesemani rainbows and betta pugnax. i normally don't feed fish
any
>live foods, but i went to the store and got some blackworms and small
crickets
>today. after i fed them, i turned to my living room to feed other tanks.
>
>when i came back to look at it, the big male boesmani was lying on its back
at
>the bottom of the tank. i immediately knew what was going on: the dumb
fish
>had swallowed a cricket and was choking. since i don't know how to perform
>the heimlich maneuver on a fish, i couldn't do anything but watch it die.
>
>i'm really upset. why are fish so dumb? can't they judge how big a morsel
>is? i have lost 2 catfish in the past (a giraffe cat and a debauwi) who
had
>also swallowed food that was too big for them...
>
>tsuh yang
>