goldfish

I assumed that goldfish were one of the most harmless pets you could own. Boy, was I wrong. Illinois residents are being warned that these tiny little adorable fish could kill the Great Lakes.

You may have heard that once in a great while a fisherman will "exaggerate" the size of a catch. Well, sometimes they don't exaggerate.

In Illinois we certainly have our trouble with invasive species. The jumping Asian carp comes to mind first. But in Boulder, Colo., they're facing a very different problem. A press release put out by Colorado Parks and Wildlife explains that regular old goldfish have multiplied into the thousands in the 12-acre Teller Lake #5...

When I was a little boy, I came home from a friend's birthday party with a goldfish. All the kids got one as a thank-you from the birthday girl. Showing signs of the cleverness that would become my calling-card, I named him (her? it?) Goldie...