Pet goldfish was suffering from swim bladder disease, a disorder that prevents a goldfish from controlling its buoyancy in the water.

Taylor Dean, a 19-year-old Youtuber who creates educational animal videos, just shared a picture of a goldfish in a ‘wheelchair’ – and the Internet is going crazy over it.

It was sent to her by a friend named Derek who works in a local aquarium shop. The guy recently had a customer bring in their pet goldfish that was suffering from swim bladder disease, a condition that makes a fish unable to control its buoyancy in the water.

As diet adjustments and water treatments were ineffective, Derek decided to go an extra mile to help the little floating fellow by creating a goldfish ‘wheelchair’.

“I got some airline tubing that people usually use in their tank and just placed it around the goldfish. I added some valves to the bottom of it, which acted as a ‘chair’ to prop him up… [Then] added weights to the bottom of the ‘chair’ and something to keep him afloat on top (styrofoam),” Derek told Buzzfeed.

He added: “The bottom weight is almost equal to the pull on top so it works quite well for him!”


Taylor’s post went viral, with the woman commenting: “I’ve worked with several injured fish but him going out of his way to help this fish was just precious.”
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These days, with all the different animals people have as pets, it seems like any species could be man’s best friend.

 We’ve seen people make strong bonds with creatures from bubbly, playful lizards to super cuddly baby elephants. As long as there’s a sense of trust between the two and they both show some sort of affection, any match could be a match made in animal heaven.

This match between a Japanese diver and a fish, however, really is something special. Hiroyuki Arakawa from the Tateyama Bay in Japan has been tasked with cleaning and securing a very sacred underwater shrine for many, many years now.

And along with maintaining the shrine, he’s also been maintaining a bond with a local fish named Yoriko.

For over two decades, the two have recognized each other instantly, and Arakawa always makes sure to greet Yoriko with a kiss on his head, as seen at 1:29. Even though fish have very blank faces, you can tell Arakawa is different to him as he doesn’t swim away as most fish would when a human approaches.

 As he does his work, the large Asian sheepshead wrasse fish swims right by his side, keeping him company in the dark depths of the bay. After all, there’s no bond stronger than that between a man and his fish!
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While exploring the waters of Thailand's Chaloklum Bay, a snorkeler happened upon a bittersweet scene of friendship between two little pufferfish.

One of the prickly animals had somehow gotten trapped in a fishing net on the ocean floor. But rather than swim away leaving his companion behind, the other fish stayed by his side.

It's unclear how long the fish had been stuck there with his friend holding vigil, though he stood little chance of surviving for long in those binds. Fortunately the snorkeler, a volunteer from the marine conservation group Core Sea, had found them in time.

With no other tool handy, the man used a shard of broken glass to carefully cut the pufferfish free. All the while, even in light of the potential threat the snorkeler posed, his companion remained.

Soon enough, what once must have felt like a hopeless predicament came to a happy conclusion for the trapped fish and his friend. After the last bit of tangled netting was removed from the pufferfish's body, the pair swam away into the vastness of the sea, together.


As touching as this show of pufferfish solidarity is, it might not actually be uncommon. Despite long-held beliefs that fish are generally devoid of feeling or intelligence, a recent study found these animals are in fact smarter and more social than most folks ever realized. And because of that, it might be time we reconsider how we think of them.
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Giant Oarfish usually live at a depth between 650 feet and 3000 feet, which means that people rarely get a chance to see them with their own eyes.

But recently, workers from Chicago's Shedd Aquarium spotted two 15-foot-long oarfish swimming in shallow waters in the Sea of Cortes in Mexico.

Growing up to 50 feet long, oarfish are the longest bony fish alive, and, according to the Florida Museum of Natural History, "its common name arises from its highly compressed and elongated body or from the old belief that the fish moves through the water by 'rowing' itself with the pelvic fins." What might at first look like blood in the video above is actually the fish's distinctly colored dorsal fin, which ranges from pinkish to cardinal red and runs along the entire length of the fish.

And thanks to its huge size and distinct shape, we probably have the oarfish to thank for sailors' tales about sea serpents.


The fact that these oarfish are in shallow water doesn't bode well for them, according to Smithsonian, which notes that "when oarfish end up in such shallow water it usually portends a bad end for the fish, as they don’t generally venture into that portion of the ocean unless they are injured or dying."
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Dozens of fish suckle on baby's bottle in feeding-time frenzy at animal park in China ... and almost rip it out of woman's hand

Most people would take a couple of pieces of bread along when feeding fish.

But not this couple. Andrey Torchinskiy and his wife use a baby's bottle to feed a hungry school of carp in Shanghai, China. The amusing footage, posted onto the Storyful website, shows the fish thrashing around in the water as they each take it in turns to suckle from the bottle.

It also shows one of the fish biting so hard on the bottle that it almost rips it away from Mr Torchinskiy's wife's hand.

Mr Torchinskiy said the couple decided to experiment with the bottle at the animal park as they were curious to see how the carp would react. He said: 'A guy was selling these baby bottles to feed the carp. We decided to try it just for fun, but we didn’t expect that it could be so impressive and entertaining. It was mind-blowing.'


The oily freshwater fish, which are native to Europe and Asia, are brightly coloured with predominantly orange and yellow and white spots.
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A goldfish in Australia is recovering from surgery after a life-threatening tumour was removed from its brain in a "high-risk" operation.

Dr Tristan Rich, who carried out the operation, told Melbourne's 3AW radio station that the fish was now "up and about and swimming around".

Vets say the 10-year-old fish is now expected to live for another 20 years.

"George had a quite large tumour on the top of his head that was growing slowly, and it was beginning to affect his quality of life," Dr Rich from the Lort Smith Animal Hospital said.

George's owner was given the choice between an operation or having the fish put to sleep.


"She was dedicated enough to give it a go," he said.

He added that the fish was kept alive by pumping oxygenated pond water through its gills.

Dr Rich described the 45-minute operation as "fiddly".
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