If the kraken doesn’t get you…
(over breakfast)
RJ: I really want a pet angler fish.
Dad: There’s a problem. They’re really only happy when there’s thousands of pounds of pressure on them, and an aquarium that could do that would be very expensive and big.
RJ: Maybe we could change the fish somehow.
Dad: Like what, change its DNA and genes or something?
RJ: Yeah! Give it new genes!
Dad: What genes would you add?
RJ: Frog genes. Then it could be an angler fish with jumping legs!
… Is anyone else terrified by the idea of a 1.5 metre semi-amphibious predatory angler fish? I have visions of them lurking around coastal areas and leaping on unsuspecting swimmers.
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May 25th, 2010 at 9:15 pm
Strangely, your conversation occurred the same day I had this one with Lucas, who got an Imaginext boat that came with a plastic angler fish:
Lucas: “I’m scared of angler fish.”
Me: “Well, the good news is, they rarely come into the suburbs.”
May 26th, 2010 at 11:52 am
You could always get him a lovely, cuddly one like this.
http://www.pezziunici.com/html/prodotti.php?lng=eng&pro=343
On second thoughts… I think I might end up with nightmares having that thing in the house…
May 26th, 2010 at 1:28 pm
Oh my god. You have GOT to buy that for RJ. Or send it to your mother and get her to make one.