The wall sucker usually stays on the wall on the left side of the fish tank, barely ever moving, but yesterday it moved a lot. I first noticed that it slid along the wall a little. I considered this a privilage to see this and sat down as the bell had rung. Later on I noticed it was on the front wall. To me that was the most amazing thing ever. It never was on that wall. But the most amazing thing was about to happen. The wall sucker started swimming! It swum over to a rock and attached itself onto there. Soon after a striped fish swam up to the wall sucker. He lunged at the wall sucker but didn't quite hit him and backed up. The striped fished lunged again and again until the wall sucker cowered into his usually place.
This can only mean the wall sucker is an exile. Why he is I don't know. Is it because hes a different soul who just can't fit in and the tyrannous striped fish force him to stay in one spot and yesterday he had enough and had an uprising? Or is it that hes a monstrous ogre and threatens the well being of the striped fish and the striped fish just keep him in line? I will get to the bottom of this mystery, and discover why theres this drama of exiles and rulers in the fishtank in my Biology classroom.
4 comments:
Thank you for sharing this drama with me. Maybe seeing the fish move was the most awesome thing ever, but at least I heard about seeing it move, and that involves two senses.
It's quite possible that the wallsucker is both an exile and a threat. After all, when the Greeks were first writing down who they wanted to exile of shards of broken pottery, they were often exiling tyrants. And they were often making room for tyrants too. This is the sad ambiguity of life and the reason no wallsucker, no matter what his crimes, should be forced against the wall.
I don't really see the wallsucker as a threat. He may be big, but he looks like hes friendly. The fish may see him as a threat, but I'll let you decide based on my next post of fish tank drama.
As one who spent a good deal of my childhood observing the bizarre social behavior of community fish tanks, I've seen a lot of fish ostracized, beaten, or -- yes! -- murdered for no apparent reason. Most of the ones that are targeted (and it's not always simply one fish or a particular species that does the bullying) tend to be of a generally nonviolent disposition themselves.
The fact that there is a specific place that the wall sucker goes that doesn't bother this striped fish is interesting. Not to sound too Vincentish, but I'd be curious to know whether this other fish avoids the wall sucker on its side of the tank.
Looking forward to future updates on this drama and others.
No the fish do not stay away from him . If he does what they tells him to they just ignore him. And I'm sorry you had to witness such horrible events. And theres more than one striped fish.
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