This may my best friend Kikaigaku and I, have started the challange to draw every water type Pokémon like a mermaid! Here my part for the first generation!
Mr. Mochi has had free roam of the house for most of today because the house is finally kitty safe and he is engaging in the Grand Cat Tradition of “RACE THROUGH THE HOUSE AT MACH 5 CAREENING HAPAZARDLY AROUND CORNERS” but he keeps forgetting where Charlie is and every time he comes around the couch he remembers that The Dog Exists and tries to brake suddenly on the hardwood floor, fails, and then takes an Evasive Four Foot Vertical Leap to change directions in midair.
Charlie, meanwhile, is trying very hard to be firendly to Mochi but only kind of knows cat manners, so hes trying to play as best he remembers, which mostly involves gently batting your friend, but he is a decently sized dog that’s been interacting with humans for most of his brief life and scales his gestures thusly-
Which is an extremly overwrought way of saying my dog just smacked the cat out of midair and halfway across the living room.
Nobody’s hurt and Charlie is very sorry, but Mochi is now glaring at him from the stairs and refuses to come down no matter how many toys Charlie piles at the bottom of the stairs.
Why you shouldn’t put goldfish in a bowl – WTF fun facts
By the way, bettas are the same. It’s a myth that they live in puddles. Wild bettas live in rice patties that look like this:
And you know how males fight in captivity? Yeah see, in the wild, each male betta has a territory of roughly one square meter [X]. That’s over 260 gallons of water per betta! Of course they’ll fight in a tiny 1 gallon tank! (The myth about puddles exists because, in the dry season, a betta may get trapped in a puddle, and it is equipped to survive that, but only for a short period of time). Also, notice how much is growing in that water – bettas need a lot of places to hide in and rest on, not just a single bamboo shoot in the center of a vase! They will get stressed and even more aggressive without the hides.
Fish are animals just like your other pets. Do your research before buying and treat them appropriately. If you can’t afford a proper betta or goldfish set up (at LEAST 5 gallons for a betta with a heater and hides, at LEAST 20 gallons for a goldfish with a strong filtering system and NO GRAVEL, and I recommend adding at least 10 gallons to those minimums for healthy and happy fish), don’t get one. They are living things, not decor pieces.
Here is more information on how to properly care for: Goldfish: 1234 Bettas: 123
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