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Pet fish survive 134 days with no food

Two goldfish survived in New Zealand for four months without food or electricity to power their tank. [PA]
Two goldfish survived in New Zealand for four months without food or electricity to power their tank. [PA]


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Two goldfish have become the smallest and hardiest survivors of the devastating February earthquake in Christchurch that killed 181 people, the Daily Telegraph reports.

The fish, named Shaggy and Daphne after characters from the animated television show Scooby Doo, spent four and a half months -- 134 days -- trapped in their tank in the city's off-limits downtown without anyone to feed them or even any electricity to power their tank filter before they were discovered this month and rescued.

Luckily for the fish, they lived in a large 26-gallon tank and may have gleaned some nutrition from eating algae growing on the tank's rocks and walls.

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“鱼坚强”134天未进食

       据英国《每日电讯报》报道,今年二月份新西兰基督城发生毁灭性地震,181人死亡。而有两条金鱼在此次地震中侥幸存活,成为这场灾难中最小、最坚强的幸存者。

       这两条金鱼被分别命名为夏奇和达芙妮(都是动画片《史酷比》中的角色),它们在被禁止入内的市区水池里呆了四个半月,即134天。在未被发现获救前,既没有人给它们喂食,也没有人给水槽过滤器供电。

       幸运的是,它们居住在一个26加仑(约98升)的大水池里,并靠食用长在水池石头和池壁上的藻类汲取营养活了下来。

(China.org.cn July 29, 2011)

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