Meet the neighbors III - Shadow

Shadow lives in the dark side, but not Darf Vader's kind.

It belongs to the family of African knife fish. I don't know about its relatives, but Shadow is extremely shy. It hides itself in a cave, or tunnel, or some place that is dark all day. It's as if it's anti-social. To be a little more politically correct, let me just say it's aloof.

I wish I read more about this fish before putting my money down. Why would any hobbyist wants to own a nocturnal fish. That defeats the purpose of having fish in an aquarium, doesn't it? Nobody will wake up in the twilight and try to flash for where this fish is hanging out. In Chinese, we call this "late night ghost," mostly refer to people who are active during nighttime.

Anyway, over a week or so, I thought about the term aquarium. It doesn't exactly reflect why I put the frog in in the first place. I like diversity in this little indoor "pond." I want to see different characters in this neighborhood, which may create argument sometimes, but that's what the world we're living in right now. Culture is a beautiful thing, so why do we need to separate them apart as long as they live in harmony. After all, Shadow doesn't bully others. In fact, it's a good dancer. When it swims, its tail will capture your appreciation of its movement.

The bottom line is if everybody is well-fed, they're happy, they don't ask for more. OK, OK, I'm an Utopian. They're a little bit territorial sometimes. What about Shrek? Well, I've observed long enough for this conclusion: he's not a good fisherman, but a good hunter. So his neighbors are safe.