Tag: fish

The Juanita Beach Goldfish

For years I have been fascinated with the story of a goldfish that survived the April 29th, 1965 Puget Sound earthquake. This was a strong quake that one of my parents remembers vividly. They were just kids when it happened, and as a kid I remember marveling over their description of the strong jolts, groceries […]

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Tilapiphobia

February 2010. I’m hungry. It’s lunchtime. Fish sounds good. I make fish. Here is the email I sent to a couple of friends soon after this fish incident. The name of the grocery store has been omitted. I just ate the worst tasting fish I have ever had in my life. Every burp brings back […]

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Prozac Perch

River fish loaded with Prozac: study. Ugh. Here is another story about how our use of pharmaceuticals is fouling up our wildlife and water supply. Most people are already familiar with how birth control hormones are causing sexual mutations in fish. Now the fish are getting Prozac-ed too. Thanks to WorldNetDaily for featuring this. ************************************************************************************* […]

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