The first one was taken when my 3 pearlies were placed in a temporary tub while I detailed their "home". They were stressed out and the only thing that was familiar was my hand so they all huddled around it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1waXLkvJNY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoMKSk85UQU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_Aon6NIHkA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMAOL1jbENc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PhzTtXZRy4

I'll check out your videos when I'm at home (can't at work).

They are totally cute. :)

I watched most of the videos. Even with faster internet, the videos won't play well; they keep starting and stopping.

The pearlscales are sure cute little fat guys!

I just moved my three fantail goldfish to their second new 65 gallon tank (the first one cracked). My boys are happy too!

why are fantails and orlandas so FAT robyn?

I just went thru the first video again. This time my cat noticed. :o Over the desk, onto the keyboard and nose to nose with the screen. :lol: She spent a year staring or being stared at by Runt and Patches. (They were the last survivors of my 'death tank' aquarium. The fish are getting big in the pond, but I think Missy the cat really misses them. :( She hides in the puter room...she's not a loner, just very afraid of everyone else. :(

Fancy goldfish were developed by people who selectively bred for certain characteristics. For example, if they bred some goldfish and found one that had a fat body, they would then use that one to breed the next batch until they got a fat-bodied fish. The simple answer is that certain breeds of goldfish are "fat" because they are mutations but it's more complex than that because those mutations were manipulated by humans. In nature, most mutations are bad for the continuation of the species, and those fish would not breed. Predators, disease, etc. would kill off deformed fish. If a mutation helps a fish survive, then that good mutation would be carried along further.