Jesus.
In my line of work, I routinely work with 4-5' triploid (sterile) Ctenopharyngodon idella that were stocked into ponds to eat the invasive plants that we have such a problem with here in the Southeast. On occasion, I find one of these fifty pound beasts floating in a pond after dying naturally, baking in the sun, turning to jelly and becoming shockingly ripe.
When he started talking about mermaids, I felt an uncontrollable urge to strike him about the head and shoulders with one of those ripe carps.
In my line of work, I routinely work with 4-5' triploid (sterile) Ctenopharyngodon idella that were stocked into ponds to eat the invasive plants that we have such a problem with here in the Southeast. On occasion, I find one of these fifty pound beasts floating in a pond after dying naturally, baking in the sun, turning to jelly and becoming shockingly ripe.
When he started talking about mermaids, I felt an uncontrollable urge to strike him about the head and shoulders with one of those ripe carps.