Came across some chipmunks for sale in Suncheon, a few storefronts down from the Medical Rotary.
Awwwww, cute even when sideways. Google tells us that it's not so rare to find pet chipmunks, but it's strange for me because the wild variety are so common in Pennsylvania. I see them running around outside all the time, but judging from my friends' reactions in Korea, they're not so common over here.
The store also had about three dozen koi in a big tank in the window, and tons of smaller fish inside. Wikipedia tells us that goldfish in aquaria need about one square foot of water per animal, and other sites say three or four gallons per inch of fish, or ten gallons per animal. One reason goldfish seem to die so quickly is because their tanks are far too small. I was trying to buy a tank off one woman in town who said she kept four fish in a one gallon aquarium! However, even the small tanks here are ridiculously expensive, with the cost making anything over 10 liters or so prohibitive.
2 comments:
Nice video. Chipmunks are everywhere in Ontario as well - I miss seeing them and squirrels regularly. As for the lack of them here these days, this article (which is interesting to read anyways) may offer one reason:
"And last year something like half a million chipmunks, at 600 hwan apiece, were shipped to Japan. Despite the suggestion by some wags that the critters occasionally end up in the sukiyaki pot, the chipmunks are much favored by the Japanese as household pets."
Who knew?
One of the sillier 'protests' I saw here was of middle school students with a banner telling people to stop taking acorns home (to eat) because the animals need them.
Oooh, interesting site, thanks.
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