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09-13-2016, 12:30 PM
Woman pays small fortune to save pet goldfish from choking on a rock
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An Australian woman has set an impossible example for grand gestures in the name of love.
Emma Marsh parted with A$500 ($377) when her pet goldfish Courage presented with the life threatening condition of "mouth-blocked-by-pebble," the Courier Mail reported (http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/brisbane-woman-pays-500-to-save-her-12-goldfish/news-story/6305dc85ef4ee3f51ad47560abdf953e). The 13-gram (0.4 oz) fish mistook the stone for a hearty meal and was unable to spit it back out.*
SEE ALSO: Why letting goldfish go wild is a bad idea: They become giant pests (http://mashable.com/2016/08/16/giant-goldfish-australia/)
Courage was rushed to the vet where his owner was faced with a harsh choice: Let natural selection take its course or front up for an expensive aquatic operation complete with anesthetic to remove the offending pebble. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/13/goldfish-near-death-experience-expensive/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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An Australian woman has set an impossible example for grand gestures in the name of love.
Emma Marsh parted with A$500 ($377) when her pet goldfish Courage presented with the life threatening condition of "mouth-blocked-by-pebble," the Courier Mail reported (http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/brisbane-woman-pays-500-to-save-her-12-goldfish/news-story/6305dc85ef4ee3f51ad47560abdf953e). The 13-gram (0.4 oz) fish mistook the stone for a hearty meal and was unable to spit it back out.*
SEE ALSO: Why letting goldfish go wild is a bad idea: They become giant pests (http://mashable.com/2016/08/16/giant-goldfish-australia/)
Courage was rushed to the vet where his owner was faced with a harsh choice: Let natural selection take its course or front up for an expensive aquatic operation complete with anesthetic to remove the offending pebble. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/13/goldfish-near-death-experience-expensive/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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