Flounder the Zombie Fish
OMG It's ALIVE!!!!
We had a bit of a scare with Flounder, the fish we were caring for. We followed all the directions, but when we came to check on him the other day he was totally still in the water. Not floating, not sunk to the bottom, just kind of hanging in the middle of the bowl, slightly tilted, motionless... Of course we thought he was dead and we panicked a little because it belongs to a little girl we babysit for occasionally and love, love, love!!
We didn't know if the parents would want a memorial service or a funeral by sea, so we left him in the bowl and put some food in it just in case he was sleeping.
Anyway, we told the parents (Well, Mom texted them), but when they returned the next day they texted, "Zombie Fish lives..." Turns out (after we did some googling) that Vietnamese fighting fish sometimes go into suspended animation. Weird. We're relieved, but, weird.
We couldn't get a good picture of Flounder, so here is a video about zombie love.
