Giant goldfish are breeding in Lake Tahoe

Conservationists from the University of Nevada are increasingly finding oversized goldfish in Lake Tahoe— and they're attributing it to the practice of aquarium dumping. The hardy goldfish, a relative of the asian carp, can grow to 1.5 feet or longer, and they're starting to become a menace to the lake's ecosystem.…

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Disabled goldfish gets around with the underwater equivalent of a…

YouTube user synirr had one goldfish who just couldn't maintain her buoyancy. So she outfitted the fish with a special buoyant sling that let Goldie swim around her tank, paddling about with her front fins.

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Meet the painter of glowing goldfish in this magical animated short

Qing Han's Night Light is a very brief little film, but it possesses a lush beauty and a friendly spirit. We witnesses a painter of living creatures, who brings life to glowing, floating fish from the fiery tip of her brush. But one of her creations slips away from her before it is quite finished.

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Tom Stoppard's Brutal Law Of Outer Space

essiemoooon.jpgSadly, Jumper, the teleportation movie coming Valentine's Day, isn't based on Jumpers, Tom Stoppard's 1972 play about murder on the moon. But it seems as though the movie may ask the same questions as one of Stoppard's craziest plays: Do our laws apply to someone who can escape from any human jurisdiction? Is morality…

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