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Have you ever noticed that Bubbles (the beta fish) is passive-aggressive? She acts all dead at the bottom of her tank, then you flick the side and she swims in a frenzy like a piranha at feeding time.

The 8 y.o. who is planning to be a vet when she grows up

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