An Aggressive Fish
Anyone who enjoys keeping an aquarium should have a Siamese fighting or betta fish. This marine animal originates in Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand where it once proliferated in cultivated rice paddies before capture by humans. Today, this is a popular freshwater fish to keep in a home, office or school environment in a small tank located on a sturdy table or shelf. Because this variety of fish is incredibly aggressive, it is typically isolated in a small container away from other fish. Betta or Siamese fighting fish will even attack its own species to protect its living space.
Bred in Captivity
While many Siamese fighting fish still live in the wild, this animal’s natural color is actually a dull gray, brown and green, instead of the bright colors seen in captivity. For many years, individuals have captured betta fish to breed. The captive breeding has led to Siamese fighting fish with an assortment of gorgeous colors and delicate long fins. In nature, betta fish have small fins designed to assist with swimming, instead of the wavy ones seen on captive aquarium varieties. Over many years, breeders have created specialized varieties of Siamese fighting fish such as half-moon, super delta and veiltail that are highly prized and valuable.
Raised for Entertainment
Betta or Siamese fighting fish will fight naturally in the wild for mates, food and living space. However, the fish bred in captivity are serious fighters that will continue a battle for a much longer length of time. Historians believe people in ancient Malaysia and Thailand began capturing and breeding betta during the 1800s as an entertaining activity. People would actually gather around a fish tank to watch the betta fight while betting on...
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...ety that will continue to breed albino young. In the past, only male betta had brightly colored scales and large fins, but today breeders have created females with new variations.
Buying Betta Fish
Individuals who collect and breed Siamese fighting fish are experts at understanding the different scale and fin variations. Breeders look carefully at tail and fin length, angle or shape along with color variety to choose the best Siamese fighting fish to own for breeding purposes. Both males and females will display puffing or flaring behavior during courtship or fighting. When a Siamese fighting fish is stressed, its coloration may change slightly with pale stripes appearing on its body. Pet or specialty aquarium stores typically have an assortment of Siamese fighting fish, specialized food and equipment available for customers to buy to raise this animal at home.
What makes the plot of Much Ado About Nothing so interesting is the use of deception and betrayal; though deception is used more frequently than betrayal. To deceive someone is “to cause (someone) to believe something that is not true, typically in order to gain some personal advantage.” Throughout the book divergent people manipulate others for an advantage. Whether deception is okay or not depends on the intentions of the deceivers – if the intention is to promote happiness, then the deceiver is a good friend, but if the deceiver intends harm, then he’s a bastard. The play is built on the problems caused by deception.. Benedict and Beatrice are deceived into thinking they love each other. Hero and Ursula deceived Beatrice and for that, they are good friends. Don Pedro, Claudio and Leonato deceived Benedick and that makes them good friends as well. However, Don John deceived Claudio into thinking hero b...
Have you ever been tricked or deceived? Have you ever been tricked into dating someone you like because you thought what you were told was true? In the book Much Ado About Nothing trickery and deceit is used a lot to get the characters to fall for one another even the ones who say they don’t love one another end up getting involved intimately with each other. For Example, trickery and deception takes place when Don Pedro tells Claudio that he will woo Hero for Claudio to marry her. Tricking her to believe that Don Pedro has feelings for Hero. Don Pedro says Claudio, I will assume thy part in disguise and tell fair Hero that I am Claudio, and in her bosom I’ll unclasp my heart, and take her prisoner with the force and strong encounter of
13. Species Summary for Etheostoma nianguae: Niangua darter. Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr,1991. (On-line) http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.cfm?ID=3444
Scorpaenidae are mostly marine fish,very few found in fresh and brackish water. The family have around around 45 different genera and 380 different species. They are mostly found in the India Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. Most of them lives in coral, tropical reefs and shallow waters, warmer areas. Not all of the family fish lives in the shallow water, small portion of the Scorpaenidae live deep as around 7,000 feet. Just like most of the coral reef fish are, Scorpaenidae have camouflaged body. Their characteristic reflects their name, they have sharp spine that can sting other organisms. Their spine are covered with venomous mucus just like how some other kind of fish are covered with the venomous mucus. Their body are covered with scales. Generally speaking, the Scorpaenidae family fish have different number of spines over the course of the body. Most known type pf Scorpaenidae are lionfish and scorpionfish. Lionfish have preorbital bone with 3 spines, spines and third below the diagonal; , big mouth, end position, oblique fissure. Mandible, vomer and jaw bone with villiform teeth group. Gill openings are wide, tetrabranchiate membranes without the isthmus, pre-opercular margin with 5 spines. Body are ctenoid scales, round head. On the side, there are about eight to nine dorsal fin, fin spines and rays of an anal fin; five to six pectoral fins, they are large, round, and are branched from the upper fin rays. There are about one to five pelvic, sub thoracic; caudal fin rounded truncate. Reef stonefish are extremely camouflaged, they could look exactly like a rock when hiding for predation. The spines of Scorpaenidae are hard and rough, some of their fin spines have poison, can cause serious pain, swells and fatal wounds. Some of ...
As a conclusion, Beatrice and Benedick have changed both in their attitudes towards the idea of marriage and towards each other since the beginning of the play. However, one must note that they will never get bored of each other while they are having their 'war' so they are definitely a good match. Personally I think that Shakespeare is a feminist is much ado about nothing.
In William Shakespeare’s play ‘Much Ado about Nothing’, there are many instances of trickery and deception, which seem to surround the whole of the play.
Their shapes and patterns are similar with the majority displaying three wide stripes which are placed vertically across their bodies. The reason why these beautiful fish are known as peacock bass is because they all possess a spot on their tail fins that imitates the eye on a peacock’s feathers. The eye is used by both the peacock and the peacock fish, as a defense mechanism against predators. In addition, the eye can be used by the peacock fish as a lure of its own when
The Black carp originated in many of the Pacific drainage areas of eastern Asia, China, and parts of Russia and Vietnam. Black carp was introduced to the United States in the 1970’s to fish hatcheries and to control the populations of disease carrying snails in ponds. Flooding is the main factor to thank for the release of the black carp, which quickly turned into an invasion of the waterways. The Black carp is a medium size fish with the opportunity to become an extremely large fish if the conditions are favorable. “Based on Asian records, large adults may be more than 1.5 m total length and 70 kg or more in weight”(Nico,L.G). The black and grass carp is close to identical in regard to the characteristics of one another. However, the black carp is a slightly lighter color of black, with extremely large scales on the entire body. A black carp has human like molars as teeth that are used to crush snails and mollusks. With a slightly pointed snout that is a likely adaptation used to filter through the bottom of water bodies in search of food. The physical build of a black carp exhibits the design of a bottom-dwelling feeder. Sporting a long snout, large powerful human molar like teeth the black carp is built to succeed in water full of snails and mollusks. This means that the populations of already near extinct native snails and mollusks are at great risk of being
In the past Benedick would tease Claudio for falling in love, but now Benedick is kind to his friends. In Act V scene iv, Benedick says to Don Pedro and Claudio, “I’ll tell thee what, Prince: a college of wit-crackers cannot flout me out of my humor. Dost thou think I care for a satire or an epigram? No. If a man will be beaten with brains, he shall wear nothing handsome about him. In brief, since I do purpose to marry, I will think nothing to any purpose that the world can say against it, and therefore never flout at me for what I have said against it. For man is a giddy thing, and this is my conclusion.—For thy part, Claudio, I did think to have beaten thee, but in that thou art like to be my kinsman, live unbruised, and love my cousin” (5.4.99-108). When Benedick says that he wants Claudio to “live unbruised, and love my cousin” it reveals that he truly cares for Claudio and wishes for him to be happy. Benedick’s changes have been very progressive and he is now a good
This passage from William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing comes from the beginning of the final act. In this speech, Leonato responds at length to his brother Antonio who has attempted to soothe his emotions with regards to his grief over his daughter Hero. From this passage we get insights into Leonato’s internal and external patriarchal struggle, are set up for the impending conflict which follows this passage, and overall gain more insight into the themes of male dominance and feminine allure which permeate the play.
One of the most common forms of deception is the inevitable self-deception; the simplest lie to form is a lie to convince oneself. Throughout William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, self deception is shown as pride among the characters. The play is set in Messina, Italy during the 16th century and at its core is a story of love and the deceptions that create love. Two of the main characters, Beatrice and Benedick, are both towards the end of the acceptable age for marriage and could not be more similar; pride and wit prevent their expression of true emotion--while their exterior reflects that of a confirmed bachelor or bachelorette, internally both wish to find their perfect match. Don Pedro, a prince and soldier, devised a plan along with numerous members of the Leonato household and the military to get Beatrice and Benedick to marry--which was eventually successful. Deceiving Beatrice and Benedick was necessary for them to openly express their love, however was unnecessary for them to fall
Misunderstandings generate conflict and drive stories forward. William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing is a play filled to the brim with misunderstandings and comedic situations. The constable of Messina, Dogberry, contributes to many such comedic situations with his twisted speech and juxtaposing sobriety. In this essay, Dogberry’s reality, character, and wrongly-used phrases are to be compared to actual reality.
Beatrice and Benedick eventually sacrificed their values and their independent self-images to be together, yet they had to be tricked into doing so. They were never willing to admit their feelings until the other did so first. Benedick likes to be known for being loved but not giving love because it makes him feel powerful. Beatrice is either scared of being hurt or already has been. Even after they profess their love to each other, Beatrice and Benedick remain in competition to protect their egos. At the wedding, they claim not to love each other until Hero and Claudio expose the love letters they had written but never sent. They then give in and decide to be married, yet they are not rid of the prideful patterns that may later threaten their relationship. If they are still unable to healthily express their love for each other, is that love strong enough to endure the hardships of a lifetime together? Another effect of her emotional suppression is the outburst Beatrice has in Act 4. For the first time, she is seen weeping, which is followed by a radical request. When she tells Benedick he must kill Claudio or lose her, all the tension and emotion she has been holding in throughout the movie is released and you see her frustrations with gender roles and inequality (4.2.255-329). This scene also reveals the unequal expectations of each other. Benedick is originally
Why do kissing fish kiss others? You you're probably thinking it’s so they can kiss, but you’re wrong.It’s because they are having a showdown! They do it for the spot to be the dominant fish. This part of their body is what people like about the fish,but there are plenty of other amazing features about this fish. Another attraction is their color. Some of the fish are different types/colors such as “dwarf” and “balloon pink”.Balloon pink are like a hot pink color.Dwarf are like a brown color but are shorter than others. The structure of the fish is changed based on the length of any of the fins.
Each of the main characters in Much Ado About Nothing is the victim of deception, and it is because they are deceived that they act in the ways that they do. Although the central deception is directed against Claudio in an attempt to destroy his relationship with Hero, it is the deceptions involving Beatrice and Benedick which provides the play's dramatic focus.