Lemon 2.0

So, I went out and got a new fish. I was going to get one that looked just like Lemon, but they had a new shipment of female bettas it seemed and so I got a totally different one.

She is tiny, she is cute, she is also a bitch, welcome Lemon 2.0! (That will just be referred to as Lemon because I am unoriginal and I still love that name.)

I am not used to how very tiny she is compared. I thought she was going to be very timid and be scared of Li'l Sebastian, but nope. She had to prove who the boss is if course. When I put them in the tank together, Li'l Sebastian was in his shell, slowly coming out. Lemon got curious and went over to check him out. He was almost all the was out when Lemon went over and bit him! He then went very quickly back in his shell.

She was just checking to see what it was though. He is fine, and she has not attacked again. Li'l Sebastian is roaming freely, as well as Lemon.

It's a start to another beautiful friendship.

R.I.P.

Lemon went as she lived; like nobody's business. I would be lying if I said I saw it coming, but what happens happens.

I am not going to dwell on the fact too much. I still have Li'l Sebastian and he still needs a friend. Tomorrow I shall go out and get Lemon 2.0.

She lived a good life. She had her problems, but we all do. Lemon was a good fish and she will be missed, by me, by Li'l Sebastian, by the whole Doughty household.

It will be hard to find a replacement, in the bowl and in my heart. R.I.P. Lemon.

Blue whales

First of all, let me start this by saying how I like writing blog posts in the wee hours of the morning better then other, normal hours. Now, let's move to the topic. Blue whales.

Blue whales fascinate me more then a lot of things. They blow my mind. Let me throw a few quick facts at you.

• 30 meters long
• Weighing 180 metric tons or more
• Largest known animal to ever exist

30 meters long. This is hard to imagine.

Blue whale compared to an average sized human.

Your average 30 meter whale would be about the same size as a 10 story building. Go look at an apartment building near your house. Count the stories. Picture a blue whale casually standing beside it. Is your mind blown?

This amazing creature is in our oceans. There are thousands of these in our oceans. Think about how large these bodies of water are. 

Our world baffles my mind. How can something so large live in the same world we do?

The ocean. So many bizarre creatures down there. I find it so amazing how everyday we discover so many new species. We definitively will never know the variety and abundance of life. If something can survive at the bottom of the ocean, why can't something survive on another planet?

Right now I'm looking at Lemon. Such a tiny little fish. She will never know what's it's like to experience such a vast body of water. She will never have to worry about predators. She just has to coexist with Lil' Sebastian.

I hope, one day, I will be able to see a blue whale. I hope that I will be able to see the ocean. Nothing is more fascinating then something that is beyond possible, but out of your reach.