Woman pays small fortune to save pet goldfish from choking on a rock
 

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. 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


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...

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