Remember when we brought you that story about Mason, the dog who survived a tornado and crawled home with two broken legs three weeks later? Well as incredible as that was, we now have a tale of disaster survival from the animal kingdom that, while not quite as adorable, is even more extraordinary.
Two gold fish survived the Christchurch earthquake for four months.
Two goldfish, named Shaggy and Daphne after characters from the animated television show Scooby Doo, have become the smallest survivors of the devastating earthquake in Christchurch that killed 181 people in February.
The fish spent four and a half months trapped in their tank in the city’s downtown area, which was made off-limits after the quake.
buy apixaban online www.cappskids.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/jpg/apixaban.html no prescription pharmacyThe creatures had no one to feed them and no electricity to power their tank filter before they were discovered and rescued.
How’s that for resiliency?
An aquatic expert believes that the fish survived by eating the algae that grew on the walls and rock inside the tank.
Bacteria may have also helped filter the water enough to sustain life.
The story isn’t all good news, however.
There were six goldfish in the tank when the earthquake struck, but by the time the survivors were found, no trace remained of three of the fish. A fourth was found floating in the tank. Goldfish are, after all, omnivores.
Don’t feel too bad though.
These were just goldfish, not a rugby team that crashed in the Andes. And at least, in death, they avoided the ignoble fate of most of their peers: the dreaded toilet flush.