"Marine Photography" – The Morbid Kind
It was a little funny – and a little sad – how excited I got the other day upon visiting the Fish section at Metro. Wide-eyed, tugging at the sleeves of family members, going on and on: “They have sharks here! SHARKS!” While other people had their noses pinched and were picking out what they’d like for dinner, I stood there with a gleeful expression on my face and took pictures. I was so excited that I think my blood cells have multiplied tenfold. The only time I’d seen sharks in real life before was at an underwater aquarium in Singapore.
I didn’t photograph all the fish of course, but there were many, many kinds. I kept thinking, if we can have sharks and eels and crabs in a store, we should so have live ones in an aquarium as well. Sharks.. real, whole SHARKS, right here in Islamabad!
Later it also occurred to me that not many people in Islamabad would actually buy these marine creatures, or even dream of eating them. It made me sad to think of them having been rendered lifeless for nothing.
I am seriously considering going back and buying one of the crabs to keep as a pet. I’ll keep him with me for as long as I must, and the next time I visit a seaside town, I’ll set him free.
I wonder how my cat would react to this plan though.
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And what about the whole squids and setting them free? =))
I’ve yet to visit the place but the SHARKS totally took me to the dreamworld … and its for Rs. 147 only … yay … I’ve already decided with my dad to make shark karahi this weekend ;-)
On serious notes, I was wondering do we have sharks in our waters??
Set the crab free?!?! People usually set birds free… but crabs?!
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