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Nossie
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Re: Goldfish miss-classification
« Reply #30 on: January 07, 2011, 10:20:47 AM »
I guess the difference between us and various animal breeds is that we haven't been bred for certain purposes xD
So maybe we're not as pretty as fantails :'C
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April
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Re: Goldfish miss-classification
« Reply #31 on: January 07, 2011, 05:03:35 PM »
I just find the extra tentacles I've grown so unsightly Tongue LMAO!!! I don't even wanna go into the balding issue Shocked between that and the potential for overgrown nose hair...yeah where did I put that paper bag of mine Roll Eyes  Grin
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« Reply #32 on: January 08, 2011, 03:54:40 AM »
LOL! xD I want tentacles too!! >> I only have a bit overly flexible limbs :C
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Re: Goldfish miss-classification
« Reply #33 on: January 08, 2011, 10:34:32 AM »
Yeah then we could do ten things at once!
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« Reply #34 on: January 13, 2011, 04:23:19 PM »
You guys cracked me up!  Grin
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Re: Goldfish miss-classification
« Reply #35 on: January 13, 2011, 05:14:16 PM »
April at school I have to worry about hair not getting in my eyes! I am the boy with the longest hair in my class
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Nossie
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« Reply #36 on: January 14, 2011, 06:12:25 AM »
GROW IT MOAR! All men should have long hair Cheesy

Working on growing my fiance's hair so that it'll bump his butt when he walks C:
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Re: Goldfish miss-classification
« Reply #37 on: January 14, 2011, 06:14:52 AM »
I'll try but there is no way stopping my mom when she tells me to get my hair cut! Lips sealed I have a flat afro of hair! Cheesy
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Nossie
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Re: Goldfish miss-classification
« Reply #38 on: January 14, 2011, 06:17:51 AM »
AGGH, strength and resolve! D:
Or you can be patient and wait until she can't make you cut it Wink Sweet 18 is one the way Cheesy (Unless you're already past 18 but just being very nice to your mom Smiley)
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Re: Goldfish miss-classification
« Reply #39 on: January 14, 2011, 06:18:06 AM »
Am I the only one that thought fantailer was a girl  Undecided  Embarrassed Haha woops, sorry fantailer Tongue
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« Reply #40 on: January 14, 2011, 06:23:02 AM »
I didn't really put a gender on him actually! xD So I can be half in your category! Cheesy
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April
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Re: Goldfish miss-classification
« Reply #41 on: January 18, 2011, 08:09:23 PM »
I totally understand how you'd like to grow it out. Trouble is if you don't keep it in order, your Mum will notice and make an appointment. My younger step bro has really gorgeous curly hair, but because of his work, he has to keep it under control. My oldest step bro has hair longer than most women I know! Grin he's got an Ozzy sorta groove going on with his do ya know? ha ha says he's gonna shave it all off I hope not  Undecided
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« Reply #42 on: January 19, 2011, 11:20:00 AM »
Tie his hands and tape his mouth, nobody should shave him then C:
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Re: Goldfish miss-classification
« Reply #43 on: January 22, 2011, 12:33:14 PM »
Actually, (sorry for being scientfical here), all fancies were selectively bred intially. It isn't the fish itself that is the genetic mutation, but there were maybe 2 fish with the mutation that the breeder liked. (For example a ranchu). He would keep breeding the 2 fish until all fish that the 2 mutations made were dorsaless. Then the breeder would breed the offspring and so on. So yes the ranchu we know today is a genetic mutation, but it is the norm for the breed. So a genetic mutation for the modern ranchu would be having a single tail.
Sorry for being a know it all...just thought that may clarify some things up.
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« Reply #44 on: January 22, 2011, 06:34:05 PM »
Ranchuandorandaluver, this surely is not the case, please post more, if thhere is anything you want to add, everybody here is happy to update his/her knowledge. Please never be scared to sound like a "knowit all" LOL. Just post whatever is on your mind.
Thanks for sharing Smiley
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« Reply #45 on: January 23, 2011, 03:37:05 AM »
I know that's what they do with dogs/cats, but I just can't imagine how they do it with goldfish. It's crazy, how do they make a ranchu out of comets? Wouldn't you just keep getting comets?
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« Reply #46 on: January 23, 2011, 04:18:29 AM »
Some fish have smaller mutations, and if the mutations look nice, why not work on it? Tongue
Note that it's taken many hundreds of years to achieve the fancy varieties we have today Smiley
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Andrea
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« Reply #47 on: January 23, 2011, 04:35:52 AM »
Makes sense Smiley Clementine has a mutation, she has semi-telescope eyes for a common with that little glass ball over it which I don't see on Sunshine! Does that make sense? Ha, maybe I should get some photos of it Tongue
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Re: Goldfish miss-classification
« Reply #48 on: January 23, 2011, 06:14:07 AM »
If I put a peice of paper on my head it is 2 inches above my scalp! Cheesy
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