Jumping Oscar makes Yahoo News

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Mr.Kiet;3361735; said:
It'd be sad when one of the young children get bit.
Actually I'd laugh for them provoking it.
 
2 questions, is it healthy for an Oscar to be provoked by every last person to walk thru the door and can that disgusting fat kid afford to be @ a buffet????
 
kevbc03;3363777; said:
Actually I'd laugh for them provoking it.
its a learning expierence, you piss off a animal(or human) playing around you can get hurt... but its probably a very fun game, the chance of blood only adds to the adrenaline rush.
 
My oscar jumps too. he jumped out of the tank on the 4th of July and died. his pic is my avatar. Still I like how the oscar in the news jumps out at people.
 
ewurm;3363618; said:
I once opened the lid to my tank, grabbed the bag of fish food, and my Oscar jumped out of the tank, hit me in the chest, and fell on the floor. He's a bastard.

lmao ewurm i just spit coffee all over my computer screen... hahahaha
 
Too bad it wasn't that albino oscar doing the jumping ... the 'white oscars can jump' jokes would practically write themselves.
 
Cool video… cool set up… good way to put Cichlid in the news…

Better than reports of feral infestations :P

Yea, he’ll probably jump to far, if he hasn’t already… But that won’t stop him from protecting his eggs/fry (unless no one puts him back in).

I’ve been bitten by my Oscars quite a few times. Unless they ‘swallow’ your finger and pinch it in the grinding plates it’s fine. Lip pinches don’t hurt. I would guess it’s very unlikely he’ll ever get a good bite on a customer… although if he does, your right, there will probably be an unnecessary lawsuit…

The pic in my avatar… is of my 13’ female Oscar only a moment before she left out of the tank and hit me in the stomach/chest… I was hanging about 12~18” over the tank directly above her eggs…

:thumbsup:
 
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