The orange one with the hump

No, I am not talking about a pumpkin, (although it is almost time to take a knife to one), I am talking about a fish.

Due to my inability to guess the gender of aquatic creatures, I will be presenting this post with both pronouns, so you can pick your preference – sort of like a choose-your-own-path book.

Over the past few weeks, we have seen two fish end their world in the downward-spiral swallow of the Church (see right). Today, the fish we suspect was the main cause of the two deaths joined them.

Once again, we don't have a name for it, (which is why I am going to suggest we come up with a naming scheme for the bereaved remainder of the population), but I do know what it looked like.

What I am going to do is describe he/she/it, or if you prefer – the fish.

He/she was a deep orange with dark-brown accents. Even his/her eyes were orange, with a sort of velvet look to them. It was almost as if a really small person from the sixties put on mini scuba gear and installed tiny patches of shag carpet on them. The fish also had a very pronounced hump in his/her back, and every time he/she stopped swimming, his/her back half would slowly sink.

We all knew it was a matter of time before it was unable to re-align itself to be level and just sink to the bottom. This is why it was no shock to learn of the death this morning.

Good news though – we may be infusing the population with more fish! Stay tuned for more.