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She checked the security cameras at her home, noticing that a few windows opened and things fell off the shelf — but the biggest impact was her fishbowl: “My poor fish experienced a little tsunami.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2024

So something about those poor fish being thrown from their tropical pool seemed of-a-piece with it all.

From Slate • Dec. 19, 2022

Meanwhile, managers have closed Yukon River salmon harvests amid a string of poor fish returns.

From Washington Post • Jun. 23, 2022

It was a Red dead sea full of poor fish dreaming of a bookless future.

From Time Magazine Archive

Those poor fish didn’t even know there was such a thing as a giant ocean tank in an aquarium, let alone an entire ocean.

From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin




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