tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023439581304993308.post8290484679843716068..comments2024-03-24T16:50:00.727-05:00Comments on Maria Zannini blogspot: A Tale of Two Fishes, Marian PereraUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023439581304993308.post-82727636202739087542014-04-06T08:14:13.232-05:002014-04-06T08:14:13.232-05:00I find gold fish pretty scary, the way they just g...I find gold fish pretty scary, the way they just go round and round. My daughter and wife left me 'goldfish sitting' once. They were off to London. I felt sorry for the fish and had it sitting next to me watching TV (in its bowl)It was when I started talking to it I became really scared. Never underestimate the power of a gold fish. I mean, who talks to sharks :)Mike Keytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15116528233058221536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023439581304993308.post-59408428632696351372014-04-05T19:36:14.759-05:002014-04-05T19:36:14.759-05:00Thank you, raelyn!
As for your not being a fan of...Thank you, raelyn!<br /><br />As for your not being a fan of eels, is it their taste as meals? Or the way they feels?<br /><br />(To quote Ogden Nash, which I always wanted to do!)Marian Pererahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15700524210146863718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023439581304993308.post-56267118301426180742014-04-04T18:37:19.583-05:002014-04-04T18:37:19.583-05:00I would never have bonded a person with a shark bu...I would never have bonded a person with a shark but LOVE that blurb.<br /><br />Congrats on the release!<br /><br />As for an aquarium, we "won" a goldfish from a street fair. Kid #1 named it Nemo. That thing was almost dinner sized by the time it died. Probably due to outgrowing the tank. <br /><br />We had the tiny tropical sharks once too. The most recent occupants of the tank were a pair of aquatic turtles.<br /><br />Can't say there's any particular fish that scares me. Not a fan of eels however :) Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023439581304993308.post-58235761482410467152014-04-04T17:11:29.586-05:002014-04-04T17:11:29.586-05:00Mark - agreed. What fascinates me about sharks is ...Mark - agreed. What fascinates me about sharks is how perfectly they're adapted to the sea, to finding their way and hunting. When people go into the sea, they're in the sharks' territory. <br /><br />Diane - wow, several thousand dollars. I've never had a marine aquarium, so I didn't know it could cost that much.<br /><br />Though it's good to see the jellyfish have a fan too. :)Marian Pererahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15700524210146863718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023439581304993308.post-76936025920074117202014-04-04T11:06:46.213-05:002014-04-04T11:06:46.213-05:00I've always been told that the Betta fish were...I've always been told that the Betta fish were very aggressive and that if you wanted one of these very beautiful creatures, they cannot co-exist with any other fish. <br /><br />When I had my 90 gallon salt water tank, there were a variety of fish that I wanted, but the experts at the store would caution against certain ones and the likelihood of co-existence becoming a challenge. I've lost many fish, sometimes learning painful lessons.<br /><br />One fish I really wanted but couldn't have due to the vast investment I'd made in all of the living creatures in my tank was the jellyfish. They are so beautiful and graceful, but they are bad for corral and other non-aggressive fish. <br /><br />Well, glad that hobby is over, and several thousand dollars later, I no longer have my tank active. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15901684621715980573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023439581304993308.post-9771795256022532432014-04-04T02:17:17.677-05:002014-04-04T02:17:17.677-05:00Since I saw 'Jaws' at the age of 12 I'...Since I saw 'Jaws' at the age of 12 I've always had a deep abiding respect and fear of them. I never really appreciated how beautiful they are until my wife and I went on a once-in-a-lifetime holiday to the Maldives, on a particular island called Veladu (excuse spelling).<br /><br />Each morning I'd awake and watch the baby sharks--beige in colour with black and white dorsal fin tips--swimming in the shallows. You could never get close as they would dart away. But early morning was also feeding time for the adults who would patrol the corals next to the jetty, so I could stand a couple of feet away and watch. They really are beautiful and mesmerising creatures.<br />Mark Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13002166292175980928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023439581304993308.post-41705251519528641692014-04-03T22:06:43.970-05:002014-04-03T22:06:43.970-05:00Thanks, Angela! I've always been fascinated by...Thanks, Angela! I've always been fascinated by novels or films that paired a kid up with something we'd consider very dangerous (like John Connor and the Terminator), so it was only a step beyond that to have children bonded with sharks. <br /><br />I liked watching my fish too. The aquarium had driftwood and real plants in it, to give them plenty to hide in or play with. Those gravel-plus-one-plastic-plant bowls didn't look much fun for a sea monkey, let alone a fish.Marian Pererahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15700524210146863718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023439581304993308.post-50067861615041781612014-04-03T22:06:19.723-05:002014-04-03T22:06:19.723-05:00Jenny - someone on Twitter asked if that meant cyb...Jenny - someone on Twitter asked if that meant cyborg sharks. Now I have another idea brewing.<br /><br />And your Sam sounds like a really friendly betta. Maybe he thought of the tiny fish as his minions.Marian Pererahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15700524210146863718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023439581304993308.post-24215177821103835932014-04-03T19:42:17.479-05:002014-04-03T19:42:17.479-05:00This is certainly a unique bonding pair. The story...This is certainly a unique bonding pair. The story sounds very, very intriguing.<br /><br />As for my own experience, during my brief married days, we had a decent sized tank with some fishies. I didn't know a lot about them, other than the were colorful, varied and size and were so beautiful I just liked watching them swim in the tank.Angela Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03324366495151363782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023439581304993308.post-89823488229831685802014-04-03T19:14:27.475-05:002014-04-03T19:14:27.475-05:00Sharkpunk sounds fun.
I had a Siamese fighting fi...Sharkpunk sounds fun.<br /><br />I had a Siamese fighting fish once. Ruby red and beautiful, Sam was a very Zen fish. He'd even share space with tiny darting fish (whose name I don't know!)Jenny Schwartzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00320451924849353120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023439581304993308.post-24775927561844332442014-04-03T17:13:17.888-05:002014-04-03T17:13:17.888-05:00Thank you, Shelley! I hope you'll enjoy it.
I...Thank you, Shelley! I hope you'll enjoy it.<br /><br />I looked up "recent shark attacks in Australia" and found an article which was very sad. Not only the deaths of two people, but the Western Australia government ordering a cull of sharks. Apparently any over three meters long will be shot. What?<br /><br />Even if they just concentrate on areas close to the beach, it's not like an alert goes out through the ocean that the beach is unsafe. Any sharks actually responsible for killing a person could move into deeper waters and any innocent sharks could come closer. I think tiger sharks, for instance, like to hunt in shallower water.<br /><br />As if these species weren't endangered enough by finning. Marian Pererahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15700524210146863718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023439581304993308.post-87647837779377127682014-04-03T16:11:37.421-05:002014-04-03T16:11:37.421-05:00Shelley:
Re: What a fascinating concept.
I know,...Shelley: <br />Re: What a fascinating concept.<br /><br />I know, right! It's brilliant.<br /><br />Sharks scare the heck out of me. But then I don't swim, so I try to stay out of their territory. :)Maria Zanninihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01604862636922299273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023439581304993308.post-31720707475880894892014-04-03T15:11:52.958-05:002014-04-03T15:11:52.958-05:00What a fascinating concept. Off to buy your book r...What a fascinating concept. Off to buy your book right now.<br />Sharks are in the media down this end of the world at present since there have been two recent shark attacks in Australia. A woman and a male diver were both killed in separate instances.Shelley Munrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03090469550227550713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023439581304993308.post-40166301812378951962014-04-03T10:20:37.657-05:002014-04-03T10:20:37.657-05:00I find fish very relaxing to watch. Except for the...I find fish very relaxing to watch. Except for the marble hatchetfish, which were suicidal. Any time I took the cover off, they would leap out. One of them smacked me in the face.Marian Pererahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15700524210146863718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023439581304993308.post-52131043914102855332014-04-03T10:05:16.730-05:002014-04-03T10:05:16.730-05:00Stacy/Marian: I'm always reminded of that stin...Stacy/Marian: I'm always reminded of that stingray that killed poor Steve Irwin. What a terrible waste. I grieved for him and his family. Maria Zanninihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01604862636922299273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023439581304993308.post-34812764898639769372014-04-03T10:03:35.364-05:002014-04-03T10:03:35.364-05:00Marian: When I relocated to north Texas and left t...Marian: When I relocated to north Texas and left the husband in SE Texas, we decided to give the fish away so it would give him one less thing to do.<br /><br />It would've been too hard to transport aquariums and fish. <br /><br />The biggest cichlids we gave to a fish store because none of our friends had a tank big enough for them. We had a plecostomus too. He was neat, but he didn't do much but attach himself to the glass or flat rocks. <br /><br />Maybe someday we'll start a new aquarium. They were fascinating to watch.Maria Zanninihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01604862636922299273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023439581304993308.post-2328599600167923402014-04-03T08:40:19.883-05:002014-04-03T08:40:19.883-05:00Hi Stacy,
Sharks plus steampunk equals some very ...Hi Stacy,<br /><br />Sharks plus steampunk equals some very unusual scenarios. <br /><br />And I agree about jellyfish. In Chris Kentis's <i>Open Water</i>, in the scene where the two abandoned scuba divers get stung by lots of those... there's a close-up of the jellyfish moving and pulsing. So delicate and yet so dangerous.Marian Pererahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15700524210146863718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023439581304993308.post-43106509102961266632014-04-03T08:27:57.194-05:002014-04-03T08:27:57.194-05:00Hi Maria, thanks very much for hosting me and for ...Hi Maria, thanks very much for hosting me and for that gorgeous picture. The one other than the cover, I mean. :) <br /><br />Sharks don't easily come to mind as sidekicks for people, that's for sure. If I wasn't so disappointed by <i>Deep Blue Sea</i>, I'd never have thought of it. Who knows what might have happened if I'd seen <i>Sharknado</i>.<br /><br />What happened to your squariums? I also liked the algae-eaters which clamped their mouths to the glass. And once I had a pair of swordtails which bred, so the babies were fun to watch. The other fish found them delicious, too.Marian Pererahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15700524210146863718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023439581304993308.post-88720171091419466202014-04-03T07:46:23.605-05:002014-04-03T07:46:23.605-05:00I've never heard of sharkpunk before. Interest...I've never heard of sharkpunk before. Interesting...<br /><br />As for what fish I find scary? Probably jelly fish. Those suckers sting!Stacy McKitrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07898731847653710759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023439581304993308.post-72595802329342694942014-04-03T07:19:04.385-05:002014-04-03T07:19:04.385-05:00Marian: First, welcome to my blog, and congratula...Marian: First, welcome to my blog, and congratulations on your latest release. I was jealous that you came up with such an intriguing sidekick for your heroine. Wish I had thought of a shark!<br /><br />Re: aquarium fish<br />We used to have several aquariums at one time. Greg liked the big fish like oscars and Texas cichlids. They were very friendly and would come up to the surface to visit. <br /><br />I preferred the smaller colorful fish. I liked to see them swim by in little schools.<br /><br />Maria Zanninihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01604862636922299273noreply@blogger.com