A goldfish in a wheelchair conquers the internet

Playground Traduccion

17 Marzo 2017 17:11

The little fish couldn't keep his balance on his own, so they made him a 'wheelchair'.

Taylor Dean is a 19-year-old YouTuber from San Antonio, Texas, who uploads educational animal videos. Her friend Derek, 20, works at an aquarium shop in the same city.

A customer recently came to Derek with a goldfish that was suffering from swim bladder disease – a disorder that prevents fishes from controlling their buoyancy in the water. When the bladder is infected or deformed it can cause a fish to float to the top of the water, swim upside-down, or lean heavily to one side.

As this particular fish's problem was incurable – meaning it was condemned to spend its life stuck at the bottom of its tank – Derek had an idea for a way to help the little invalid out: he made a tiny goldfish wheelchair.

My friend made a wheelchair for a goldfish pic.twitter.com/QghXTY7rme

— Taylor Nicole Dean (@taylorndean) March 10, 2017

The story already has more than 25,000 retweets, 75,000 likes and and a whole load of comments – mainly expressing delight at this touching display of kindness towards our fishy friends.

i love the wheelchair goldfish more than i love myself

— kd (@hellapug) March 15, 2017

@taylorndean pic.twitter.com/iE0x2N2l2Z

— ron stoppable (@beansaregreen) March 10, 2017

ive cried 4(?) times today one of them was bc of that goldfish with a wheelchair

— oppa winfrey ☆ d-9 (@collegejeongguk) March 15, 2017

And although most users have nothing but love for Taylor and Derek...

@taylorndean pic.twitter.com/A51N5CKwix

— chelsea (@chelseakrz) March 10, 2017

@taylorndean your friend is one of the reasons why humanity deserves a chance

— maggie ? finch (@malfoysmusic) March 11, 2017

@taylorndean you are teaching people that all animals no matter their handicap deserve love and support to live a normal life.

— Jonathon Neighbors (@jontneighbors) March 11, 2017

...there's just no pleasing some people.

imagine making a wheelchair for your goldfish but still eating meat

— eva (@TryJohnlock) March 11, 2017

Others are desperate to see the contraption in action.

@taylorndean please video tape and post the goldfish swimming in his wheelchair- I really want to see him using it. So cute.

— Dawn Marie (@MK_Bookworm) March 15, 2017

But so far Taylor has just added a couple of photos to show that the fish is doing just fine.

Just wanted to let you guys know wheelchair fish is still doing well and got an even more comfortable wheelchair pic.twitter.com/AwjeJU0pFL

— Taylor Nicole Dean (@taylorndean) March 15, 2017

But, just to give you an idea, here's another fish in a wheelchair. And by the looks of things, he's doing just swimmingly.

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