November 19, 2005
karma and the bump
b) One of my goldfish seems to have developed a bump. On the left side.
I'm currently trying to get a good picture of it. It'll be posted soon.
Neither of the other two goldfish are exhibiting signs and symptoms of "male goldfish ready for mating." Still, could there be eggs in my fish? Or is it just because they eat too much?
I know their stomachs are as big as their eyeballs, and I didn't think they were supposed to have much in the way of intestines, but check out how they eat:
That was supposed to be food for the snails.
Speaking of snails, here's two babies, eating tubifex worms together:
And here's the best snail ever, being cute:
I so way gotta go. I will for sure post pictures later of my possibly "pregnant" goldfish.
November 17, 2005
Bird Flu Gets Cats
I just thought you all should know this terrible news.
H5N1 gets pigs too, of course, as it should. And, obviously, birds, and people. But the cats? It shouldn't be doing that. It's not supposed to do that sort of thing.
What a sad world it will be, if all the people and the cats start dying.
Here's a good link about naughty H5N1: whatH5N1hasbeenupto
November 12, 2005
What is worldsex?
What if worldsex is some sort of Sims-ey world where planets engage in sexual intercourse? That would be soooo ultra-freaky. Is anyone into that? Planets, having sex? How does that come about? Is there any dialogue? Any sort of offspring or recombination?
I think the term "worldsex" is tied to my blog because of those dirty trackback pings. The dirty trackback pings connect all sorts of words to me and my blog, words I've never even seen before.
Even with all those dirtypings, good old urolagnia and "what are the symptoms of being pregnant with/having a girl/boy" are still the top keyword-sirens attracting googlers to my blog. The third most common siren drawing strangers to my site is stunning - bazillions of people are quite concerned about the possibility that their goldfish is pregnant!
Sadly, there is no such thing (as far as I know) as a pregnant goldfish. Goldfish lay eggs. If you're looking for knocked-up fish, I would suggest getting yourself some guppies. They're totally slutty, bear live young, and make loads of babies. Be sure to select some plain, ugly guppies along with your flashy, colorful ones, as the plain ones are the girl-type guppies, and only girl-type guppies get pregnant.
As for the pregnant goldfish...gosh. I don't know what to say about that. I am sorry for your loss. I suppose the pregnant goldfish belongs in that magical realm with S. Claus and the Easter Bunny. Somehow, though, the pregnant goldfish is much cooler. Please, someone make a t-shirt with a picture of a pregnant goldfish on it, and mail one to me. Thank you.
If your goldfish is looking bloated, perhaps it's not pregnant. It may have dropsy, septicemia, or a bad case of internal parastic worms. None of those conditions are as anywhere near as nice as a belly full of baby goldfishes. I am sorry for your loss. May I suggest the following website? glimmeringsickgoldfish
There is yet a chance that your lady goldfish is fatter because she's got some eggs in there, especially if she is "heavy at the rear and protruding from the left-hand side of the body" (knockupyourgoldfish.com). In that case, you should chase her around the tank, until, exhausted, she releases her eggs. That is definitely what you should do, if you are a male goldfish who is ready to breed.
Male goldfish ready to breed develop white spots. Male goldfish infected with the horrible Ich also develop white spots.
Anyway. I wanted everyone who might care to know that there are many people out there who are concerned about whether or not their goldfish are pregnant.
A. They are not.
For kicks, I just did a google search for goldfish sexxx. It appears that this blog, and by extension, this girl, is the expert source for information about goldfish sexxx. I am third most expert source on goldfish worldsex.
I've clearly got some work to do.
Fun Facts about goldfish sexxx:
- goldfish lay adhesive eggs.
- baby goldfishes are called fry, and they require a constant supply of food.
- goldfish mate like this - the daddy swims by the mommy really fast, or chases her around, bumping into her, causing her to squish out a bunch of eggs. Then, the daddy sprays something called milt all over the eggs.
- the mommy and daddy oftentimes will then eat all of the fertilized eggs. goldfish will eat anything. they are crazy.
ps - Do you think that planets have worldsex by chasing each other around, bumping into each other, shooting out adhesive eggs and milt? If so, do you think that is hot, or not? I vote for not.
November 04, 2005
me yelling at a reptile with feathers
I miss Doxie.