"spidey_webb" wrote in message m...

This is the same store that sells cute little baby oscars with no warnings
of behavior or size potential. Red bellied pacus have become quite popular
Pet smart and both of my LFS are selling them also. Add to that the fact
that there are 4 Wal-marts in the general area and I begin to wonder how
many people are buying these fish unaware of the size potential?

If these stores sold dogs or cats or gerbils under the same logic,
there would be protests and fines and prosecution and boycotts -- what
makes people think that because an animal lives underwater, it is not
deserving of care, or somehow is more "ornamental" than "alive"?
AAAAAARRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Also, next time you're in Wal-Mart, take a look at the sign on the
Pacu's tank -- it says, and I ain't foolin' here folks, that their
maximum size is SIX INCHES!!! A PACU -- SIX INCHES!!
AAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! And PetSmart's not much better
-- they claim 11" for the same species. Their actual full grown adult
size IS ALMOST A WHOLE DAM MILE!!!!!! (Well, not really, but you get
my point --)

--Mark