September 15: Fish Food?

My son's been a little under the weather lately, and we decided it was finely time to take him in to see the doc. So, I kept him home from school today and scheduled an afternoon appointment with his pediatrician. The doctor's office has a huge fish tank in the center of the waiting room, and, of course, my son was drawn to it. I figured, better the fish tank than all of the germ-infested toys scattered around the waiting room. As we were watching the fish circle the tank, I watched something I'd never seen before amongst fish; and we have a fish tank at home. I watched a fish relieve itself of its feces while another fish trailed closely behind engulfing the feces as quickly as it hit the water. Apparently, the second fish thought feeding time was a bit early on this day, and had mistaken the feces for the standard Tetra tropical flakes. Gross, I know. Thankfully, my son missed the entire incident or else he probably would have announced to the facility what had just happened. But, twould have made for an even more interesting experience, I suppose.