January 28, 2001

• Update on my drain guppies

  
  

  I don't know how many of you remembered about the drain guppy incident that i posted a while back, when I was back home and catching guppies in a monsoon drain to ensure that the guppies i had at home wouldn't die out due to inbreeding....well, they all died, except for the drain guppies. Arrghs.

  
  

  I forget how hardy those drain guppies are - the whole family had been living in that drain for close to a decade at least! To live in a place like that, they must have developed some sort of resistance to all sorts of parasites and diseases....I think so at least, because all my pretty multi-colored little guppies started dying out, leaving the ugly and blandly-hued drain guppies behind. So much for my smart idea...

  
  

  well, the only good thing that comes out of this all is that now i am sure these guppies won't die of fright when we release them into the new pond (when it's finally built) whenever my dog comes to paddle about in the water. In fact, I think they will be smart enough to hide when my dog tries to chase them. Hopefully!

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