My GoldFish
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Ive never seen any gold fish that look like that. Did you breed them yourself? Very different looking.
excellent pictures but sheeesh, doing that to a fish through genetic manipulation is just wrong. i'd have psychosis too if i did that to a fish. 
i'll bet the poor thing can't hardly swim, is very subject to swim bladder disorders and is cursing you every moment of its life ... wanting to just be a fish. ya know, the kind that can swim.
i'll bet the poor thing can't hardly swim, is very subject to swim bladder disorders and is cursing you every moment of its life ... wanting to just be a fish. ya know, the kind that can swim.
I like the pictures, such as the background effects, but I too feel bad for the goldfish. That poor guy does look like he can hardly swim.
<<excellent pictures but sheeesh, doing that to a fish through genetic manipulation is just wrong. i'd have psychosis too if i did that to a fish. i'll bet the poor thing can't hardly swim, is very subject to swim bladder disorders and is cursing you every moment of its life ... wanting to just be a fish. ya know, the kind that can swim.>>
All true--just like the crazy stuff people do with purebred dogs--but I still love goldfish (and dogs)!
Just a thought, aren't we doing the same thing with humans and modern medical technology? I can think of three or four people in my extended family that would not be alive today if they had lived 100 years ago. But yet, thanks to medical intervention, they are alive and well, diluting the gene pool by passing on bad genes that "maybe" should have been eliminated due to natural selection.
OK, OK! Maybe this is not a topic for this list, but it's food for thought...
Rich
All true--just like the crazy stuff people do with purebred dogs--but I still love goldfish (and dogs)!
Just a thought, aren't we doing the same thing with humans and modern medical technology? I can think of three or four people in my extended family that would not be alive today if they had lived 100 years ago. But yet, thanks to medical intervention, they are alive and well, diluting the gene pool by passing on bad genes that "maybe" should have been eliminated due to natural selection.
OK, OK! Maybe this is not a topic for this list, but it's food for thought...
Rich
I just wanted to touch on the above post a bit. What you are describing about humans is very different than what has been done to that fish. The fishes genetic mutation has been done simply for cosmetic purposes. It does NOTHING to enhance the life of the fish and only makes it harder for them. That fish won't live as long and will have many more problems than a regular goldfish if both are given proper living conditions. But that's just my .02.