Why are goldfish named goldfish?
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A dominate mutation arose when the Early Chinese began to raise carp, for ponds. They then began to breed true for this color.
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They belong to the Family "Segellibellen", gliding dragonflies. They are American dragonflies, not European, so there is no trivial name in German, only the scientific one. \nTrivial everyday names are have been given to local animals in the local language, so there probably is an English common name, but not a German one.
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Goldfish do rest. Sleeping is a concept that is different for the various species of life in our world. Many species do not require the type of sleep that humans require. Fish do REST but, if you are wondering if they run into a cave and float aimlessly while they sleep? No, fish do not sleep. They will slow down their metabolism and REST in a safe corner of their world. Also, fish activity becomes slower in the evening and when water temperatures drop when they are in safe places.\n\nAND:\n\nMost all fish spend time in an energy-saving state that can be called "rest", and we might even call their behavior "sleep", though it is probably \n\ndifferent than "sleep" in most land animals. Many fish, like Bass and perch, rest on or under logs at night. Coral reef fish active in the day, hide and rest \n\nin crevices and cracks in the reef to avoid being eaten at night. The resting behavior of fish is very different from their behavior the rest of the day. Many \n\nminnows, for example, which are very active in schools during the day, scatter and remain motionless in shallow water at night. Many fish "rest" or \n\n"sleep" during the day and are active at night instead, but almost all fish sleep. There are some animals that never stop swimming, like many species of\n\n\nshark, however, they HAVE to keep moving to push water through their mouths in order to breathe, and they may still sleep while moving,\n\n\nwe just don't know yet.
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depends... some 14 year olds aren't even ready enough to have goldfish as pets.. you seem normal enough, though... :P
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The origin of the Clippers' name is very obscure, but I know how it came about.  A group of male hairdressers from SF joined a local BB league.  They wanted a name that sounded strong and intimidating but still reflected their roots in hair styling - hence Clippers.  Unfortunately they never won a game and were forced to move to LA.  They also had to give up the pink and yellow jerseys.\n\nOK seriously, they're named after a type of sailing boat.  The clipper is a fast and nimble boat, usually used by merchants.  The LA Clippers were formally the SD Clippers.  Since SD was right on the ocean and was (at the time) the biggest port in CA, it only made since to name them after a familiar object.  Besides, how could you name a BB team the San Diego Missions or the SD Zoologists.
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Red is derived from the German "rot" (the "o" is like the one in "rode").  Orange is from the Old French "orenge," which in turn is from the Persian/Spanish "naranja."  Yellow is from the Middle English "yelou", which was from the Old English "geolu", which was from the German "gelb," which was from the Latin "helvus" (whew)!  Green is from the German word "grun."  Blue is from the French "bleu" as well as the Old High German "blao."  Purple is from the Latin "purpura," which was the name of a type of shell fish that was the source of purple dye.
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Baby fish are called FRY\n\nthats a good one!\n\nDid you know\n\nA baby Pigeon is called a squab?\n\nCheck the link for lots more...
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The islands were named Canaria (Latin canis, dog) because of the descriptions of the large numbers of wild dogs roaming the islands, first reported by the Roman scholar Pliny. The bird canary was named after the islands.\n\nThat is just the first paragraph...there is much more about the history...probably about culture too.
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Tilly and Milly were goldfish, and their bowl broke.\n\ntada
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Lots of love to you from London!\n(Can't you have a goldfish??)\nx
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When i was little I took my brother's gold fish out of the bowl and tried to braid it's fins....well i didn't really know about fish not being able to survive out of water..\n\nWell anyway, it wouldn't stop flopping around so i rapped it up in the towel and left it on the counter\n\na little while later my mom called "Who left  the fish on the floor!?!" \n\n"I didn't leave it on the floor ...i left it on the counter"\n\nyeah..poor fish
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Rather than type in a long list of names like Calimecita, I will just add one.\n\nQ:  Quadralaria pyramidalis  it is a type of Cnidarian seajelly.\n\nFor fun, I may come back and do A to Z with just species of jellyfish.\n\nEDIT\nOK, here is my seajelly only list. Sadly I am missing 3 letters. J, X, Y.  I know there has to be an X somewhere but my brain is failing me this afternoon.\n\nAurelia aurita\nBerenix thalassina\nCyanea capitulatta\nDipurena brownie\nEleutheroa charcoti\nFavonia bacheri\nGossea faurea\nHippocrene brittanica\nIrenopsis hexanemelis\nJ\nKanaka pelagica\nLeptobrachia leptopus\nMastigias orsini\nNemopsis bachei\nObelia corona\nPelagia colorata\nQuadralaria pyramidalis \nRhizostoma cruciata\nSarsia eximia\nTima cari\nUmbrosa lobata\nVersura maasi\nWandelia charcotti\nX\nY\nZygocanna costada
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Actually, you have to blame the goldfish for this one.  This is one of the reasons I told you to set a time limit for how long they could stay after they ran away to the circus.  They are just born troublemakers!!  Now, the poor sweet rubber duckies have to suffer!!
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The Sperm Whale was named after the milky-white semiliquid waxy substance "spermaceti" found in its head and originally mistaken for sperm. The name derives from the late Latin sperma ceti (sperma is actually a loan word from Greek) meaning 'sperm of the whale' (strictly, 'sperm of the sea monster'). The common name for the species is actually an apocopation of Spermaceti Whale.
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Silverfish are members of order Thysanura, primitive wingless insects.
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cuz meese is the word we use for multiple mice
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Because species are defined by the ability to interbreed and produce viable progeny that can still breed.  A horse and a donkey can mate to give a mule, but the resulting mule is sterile.\n\nA better question is why dogs and wolves have different names scientifically.