Yesterday we were looking at tiles for the kitchen and found an aquarium next door. While in there, we found a huge tank full of Koi carp. A big white one was right at the surface, with its snout poking out. P and I were leaning over to look at it when it suddenly turned and with one big swish of its tail, splashed a wall of water right over P!! It was more than just a little splash, P was drenched. It was so funny :)
This Hikari white one was quite old and very 'friendly' and cost £500. The other less friendly and younger ones were £250. Apparently it take 20 years to grow to this size. The babies were being sold for £4-50 so a bargain!
When we were in Tokyo we saw hundreds of Koi in the moat of the Emperor's palace. They were so friendly (or at least thought that they were going to be fed) as we had hundreds converge towards us once they realised we were there.
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