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Jab...@excite.com

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Apr 13, 2005, 8:47:40 AM4/13/05
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SI SE le pidiera nombrar un milagro de la creación, ¿escogería usted
a la humilde carpa? Es poco probable. La mayoría de la gente cree que
la carpa es un pez feo de color marrón verdoso que vive en el lodo y
ensucia el agua para los demás peces.

Pero también hay carpas que figuran entre los peces más bellos y más
deseables que el hombre conoce. El color de este tipo de carpa, que
se cría principalmente en Japón, puede ser una mezcla de rojo,
amarillo, azul, negro, oro, plata u otros colores. Frecuentemente se
encuentran en pequeños viveros cerca de hogares japoneses, donde
todos las admiran, les tienen cariño como a animales domesticados y
hasta las exhiben en "concursos de belleza".

Los japoneses, que han estado admirando estos peces ornamentales por
centenares de años, los llaman koi. En un país que tiene poca tierra
cultivable, un vivero lleno de koi llega a ser una especie de jardín
viviente, ¡uno que florece todo el año! Por eso no es sorprendente
que los koi más valiosos sean los que tienen colores brillantes en la
parte superior del cuerpo, que es la que la gente puede ver al
acercarse al vivero y dirigir la vista hacia abajo. ¡El pez que tenga
mucho colorido a los lados pero poco en la parte superior del cuerpo
tal vez vaya a parar al plato como parte de la cena!

No se imagine que los colores brillantes son lo único que contribuye
al valor del koi. De hecho, en las exhibiciones de koi las
proporciones armoniosas del cuerpo se consideran tan importantes como
el color y el patrón en conjunto. ¿Cuánto vale un pez campeón? Los
"precios llegan a niveles increíblemente altos", informa Herbert
Axelrod, experto en koi. "Presencié una venta de once koi
por $100.000 [E.U.A.] [...] en efectivo." ¡Un solo pez premiado
quizás valga $40.000!

¿Qué sucede en una exhibición de koi? Generalmente, se alquila un
enorme salón y se llena de estanques llanos. En cada uno de éstos se
ponen diez peces que, al ojo inexperto, parecen idénticos, puesto que
todos ellos son del mismo tamaño y de la misma variedad. Pero los
jueces saben exactamente lo que están buscando y usualmente
seleccionan solo un pez de cada grupo de diez como candidato para un
premio.

Al igual que todas las carpas, los koi son peces resistentes. Si se
cuidan bien, en muchos casos viven más tiempo que sus dueños, y los
peces koi se han pasado de generación en generación como joyas de
familia. ¡Hanako, carpa roja de un japonés que es experto en koi,
cumplió, según se dice, 215 años de edad en 1968! La edad de
Hanako
se calculó según los anillos que tenía en las escamas, los cuales
corresponden a las capas corticales de los árboles. Aunque Hanako no
haya vivido realmente dos siglos, hay poca duda de que los koi
frecuentemente viven más de cien años.

Es interesante reflexionar sobre el hecho de que la materia genética
de los peces del "género" carpa tiene un potencial deslumbrante
por
lo que respecta al color y la belleza. Si a usted alguna vez le
parece que es poco interesante y poco espectacular, recuerde que
usted fue creado con un potencial que es mucho mayor que el de
cualquier carpa. Tal como puede haber un bello koi dentro de una
carpa, quizás usted también tenga algo hermoso por dentro que esté
esperando ser expresado.

Robb

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Apr 13, 2005, 9:49:42 AM4/13/05
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Jab...@excite.com wrote:

Thanks Jabriol, this is just what everyone was discussing in
alt.free.newservers, goldfish.
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[Translated off topic post for a.f.n]

>If asked to name a miracle of the creation, would choose you to the humble
>tent? Probably not. The majority of the people believe that the tent is an ugly
> fish of greenish brown color that lives in the mud and dirties the water for the
>other fish.
>
>But also there are tents that figure among the more desirable and most
>beautiful fish that man knows. The color of this type of tent, that [itself]
>young mainly in Japan, can be a mixture of red, yellow, blue, black, gold,
> silver or other colors. Frequently they are found in small breeding grounds
>near Japanese homes, where all they admire them, they have affection to
>animals [domesticated] and even they exhibit them in "contests of beauty".
>
>The Japanese have been admiring these fish you adore for hundreds of years,
>they call them koi. In a country that has little arable land, a full breeding ground
>of koi comes be a species of living garden, one that all the flourishes year!
>Therefore it is not surprising that the koi more valuable are the ones that have
>brilliant colors in the upper part of the body, that is the one that the people can
>see al to be approached al breeding ground and to direct the
>view downward. The fish that have a lot of color to the sides but little in the upper
>part of the body perhaps [become] a dish as part of supper!
>
>They do not [think of] the brilliant colors are the unique thing that contributes
>all [the] value to koi. In fact, in the exhibitions of koi the harmonious proportions
>of the body are considered as important as the color and the best as a group.

>How much is a fish champion worth?
>The "prices [reach] incredibly high levels", reports Herbert Axelrod,
>an expert in koi. "I witnessed a sale of eleven koi by $100.000 [E.U.A.]
> [...] in cash." A single fish [is perhaps] worth $40.000!
>
>What happens in an exhibition of koi? Generally, an enormous parlor is
>rented and itself full of flat reservoirs. In each one of these ten fish are
>placed that, to the unskilled eye, seem identical, since all they are of the
>same size and of the same variety. But the judges know exactly what
>they are seeking and usually they select alone a fish of each group of ten
>as the candidate for a prize.
>
>As the same as all the tents, the koi are resilient fish. If they take care of
>[them] well, in many cases they live more time than its owners, and the fish
>koi have passed itself of generation in generation as the family jewels.
>
>Hanako, red tent of a Japanese that is an expert in koi, complied, according
>to [him he states] that one reached 215 years of age in 1968! The age of
>Hanako was calculated according to the rings that had in the scales, which
>they correspond to the cortical layers of the trees. Although Hanako have
>not [likely] lived over two centuries, there is little doubt that the koi frequently
>live more than a hundred years.
>
>It is interesting to reflect on the fact that the genetic matter of the fish of the
>"kind" tent considers a dazzling potential it that concerns al color and beauty.

>If to you some time seems him that is little interesting and little spectacular, recall
>that you were created with a potential that is a lot greater [than] that of any tent.
>Just as there can be a beautiful one koi inside a tent, perhaps you have also [posess]
>a similar beauty inside, [to] express.

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Jab...@excite.com

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Apr 13, 2005, 2:22:38 PM4/13/05
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Robb wrote:
> Jab...@excite.com wrote:
>
> Thanks Jabriol, this is just what everyone was discussing in
> alt.free.newservers, goldfish.
> --

no different when Carol using your NSP invades thread with an OT
remark. Of course you can use the ole killfile... or Dump Carol, and me
go away. And the noise level will drop.

too much noise, has a tendancy for people to lose interest in a
particular NG. they don't want to be bothered. This is what Carol did
to ARJ-W.

Despite her buddies like Fred Hall and other to asked her to stop.
But she won't, she can't.

Yank her feeding tube Robb.

Lenny Nero

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Apr 14, 2005, 10:11:10 PM4/14/05
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On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 15:30:56 +0100, Far Canal said:

> Robb wrote

>
>> Jab...@excite.com wrote:
>>
>> Thanks Jabriol, this is just what everyone was discussing in
>> alt.free.newservers, goldfish.
>>
>> --
>>
>> [Translated off topic post for a.f.n]
>

> You needn't have bothered.

Do you think he was talking about tench ?

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