Oscars & the like......

by Paul , Thursday, June 05, 2025, 20:43 (19 hours, 15 minutes ago) @ RayLee

We had oscars for many years, including Fred, our most famous one. I sold him to a pet store when we moved from Ibagué to Barranquilla. He was purchased by a restaurant...

and placed in a much too small tank where he continued to live and grow to the point where he could move backward and forward, but not turn around. We visited him once during a brief return to Ibagué for a convention. It was sad to see him that way.

Anyway, over the years folks would see our oscars and invariably make a comment along the lines of "Fried up properly he'd go good with a nice, crisp patacón and some lime slices!" Never heard of anyone eating one here as they're exotic to this part of the country. And I can imagine them being reluctant biters, they're VERY intelligent fish indeed.