Saturday, September 22, 2007

Virtual Aquariums

When Hannah was little she had two goldfish named Watson and Glowgla. The first was named Watson from Sesame Street, not Sherlock Holmes. The book, A Bird's Best Friend, is about Big Bird being responsible for a pet sheepdog named Watson. We read that story many times to Hannah as it was one of her favourites. When she got her first pet, she naturally named it... Watson. We still have no idea why she named the other Glowgla.

I almost bought a virtual aquarium today. I have the aquarium application on facebook and I have grown to enjoy the animated fish. While it may seem very strange to have cartoon fish instead of real ones, there is some merit to the concept.

Apparently some fish are now endangered because their natural habitat has been destroyed and they have been overfished for aquariums. The silver shark shown below is one example. Thanks to Gringod (Adrian Ritchie) for the use of his flickr photo through creative commons.

No comments: