Wednesday, November 07, 2007

Save the cheerleader, save the dolphins

Fourteen thousand dolphins are killed in Japan every year. The manner of killing is barbaric. I learned about this sad fact, because Hayden Panettiere went to Japan to try to save a group of pilot whales from slaughter. msnbc wrote "As a spokesperson for SaveTheWhalesAgain.org, Panettiere hopes her traumatic ordeal will help raise awareness. 'We all crossed our fingers that those whales didn’t die in vain,' she concluded."

While it is not fair to condemn an entire country or a condemn an entire people for the actions of a few, or even the actions of the majority, the rational mind has it limits, and 14,000 Dolphins is past mine. I do condemn.

"Whales and dolphins are traditionally used (as resources) in Japan," said Hideki Moronuki of the Japanese Fisheries Agency. "In this light, we cannot accept an argument simply based on emotional causes."

I am angry, and angry people are not rational ones. I just lost my taste for anything Japanese, their cars, their foods, their clothes... everything with "Made in Japan" stamped on it. I will do my best, to give Ms. Moronuki, more than "emotional causes" to change her mind.

Next time someone ask me to eat at a Japanese Restaurant, I will just have to say, "I am sorry I do not eat Japanese food. They kill dolphins." Besides, all the blood killed my appetite.

Photo from SaveTheWhalesAgain.org

- by Robin Lim (reproduced from mobilityph.blogspot.com)

Monday, May 21, 2007

Corydoras Panda

"I see you."

Corydoras, famous for their fully movable eye sockets, are known to wink at their owners. In the picture above, the Panda on the left has its left eye looking directly at the camera while its right eye remains fixed to its right.

Panda Corydoras are widely available in the Philippines. They seem to like the tropical weather as I have had no problems with diseases despite a lot of feedback from foreign forums characterizing the panda cory sensitive and prone to diseases. They sell for Php50-Php70.

Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Brochis Splendens

Common Name(s) Common Brochis, Emerald Catfish
Type Locality Rio Tocantins, Brazil.
Synonym(s) Brochis coeruleus, B. dipterus, Callichthys splendens, C. taiosh, Chaenothorax bicarinatus, C. eigenmanni, Corydoras semiscutatus
Pronunciation BROK iss - SPLEN denz
Etymology Brochis: From the Greek brochis, meaning inkhorn; in reference to the resemblance of the fish to one.



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Zygatus Corydoras


Type Locality Río Hallagua system, Yurimaguas (5°54'S, 76°04'W), Loreto, Peru.
Pronunciation Kory DOOR ass - z eye GAT uss
Etymology Cory = helmet, doras = skin. In this case it was incorrectly used to mean armour (cuirasse) instead of skin in allusion to the dual rows of plates that run along the flanks of this genus. Zygatus from the Greek zygados: team, pair. On the similarity with Corydoras rabauti

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Monday, February 26, 2007

New Fish for 2007

Got me some new fish today:

4 Apistogramma Borelli (Php120)
3 Apistogramma Cacatoides (Php140)
3 Brochis Splendens (Php350)
3 Corydoras Zygatus (Php350)

Pics soon!