The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-10-16
DOG AND
A FROG
Spacious Canine { lamps
Upon Ophidian's
Trail.

Fine big SWeILS and a high tide that
happened at just the proper time, made
sport in the surf at Waikiki a thing
of joy yesterday afternoon.
The day was hot and sticky and the
! water presented the only refuge from
the general mugginess of the weather.
Accordingly the crowd gravitated as
if by instinct to the sea and plunging
in, swan, foated and did amphibious
stunts generally until darkness COW
cred the face of the water.
There was much to interest the large
throng that patronized the Aquarium.
the majority of the tanks having been
and new.
One of the new arrivals is a queer
green dali with orange markings.
This is a new one to the keeper of the
tankeries. heretofore all his olalis hav-
ing been orange with green markings.
A very rare fish recently installed
| is the yellow Kupoupou, long slender
fellow, that hides itself in the sand
on the slightest provocation. Kupou-
pous have been placed in the tanks
many times and oft, but yellow one
has never before been brought to the
Aquarium.
Then there is fine blue Opule lau-
| Ii. far and away the biggest ever plac-
| ed on exhibition at the fisheries.
Talking about fish that hide in the
sand. there is a tank containing "A
red Opule which burrow in the sand
like rabbits. precisely at sunset.
few minutes later not a fin or a scale
is to be seen, the Opule having
wrapped themselves in their sandy
blanket and gone soundly to sleep.
Other fish which love to conceal
| themselves in the sand are the Hina-
lea, Pania, Pakii and Ulae. These
play a merry game of hide and seek
in and ont of the sand, all day long
The catfish and goldfish in the great
circular tank are growing incredibly
fast and becoming almost impossibly
tame. One big Oopu viii almost take
chopped shrimp and boiled rice from
the hand.
The experiment has frequently been
made of placing the notified pake fish
in the great central basin, but they
have always been found, the next
morning, stiff and stark on the floor
of the building.
The pake fish is Of interesting hab-
its. 1t is predatory to a degree and
may be seen any evening in the fish
ponds along the Waikiki road. disturb
ing the placid water with its mighty
rush
These fish are extremely tenacious
of life and will live out of their native
element for an unbelievable period.
IN
the home of the catfish and goldfish,
but nave always eventually hoped
over to the park, in answer to their
cousins in the adjacent lagoons
Not long ago a native boy brought
the daddy of all the bullfrogs to the
Aquarium and for a time it dwelt in
unity with the other occupants of the
circular pool.
The manager of the tankeries pos
sesses very clever fox-terrier and
told it to keep its eye on the frog. It
watched the big green fellow faith
fully and on several occasions when
the ophidian tried to escape, the dogs
warning bark brought the manager to
the scene in time to return the frog
where it belonged.
One day the frog hoped out of
bounds and into the lagoon. The dog
acting in accordance with a most
praisworthy sense of duty, followed
and was almost drowned.
Several red parrot fish whose native
name is Thu, have been given the
frog-fish and the porcupine fish for
company, also a fine Panuhunuhu, or
notified brown and black parrot fish
These fish are partial to soda crackers
and will doubtless in time learn to
come at the word of command to have
their heads scratched
The small squid was taken out of
the frog-fsh's reservation on Saturday
and placed in the home of the other
squid The fur flew in a moment. the
largest squid Selling the youngster by |
the throat in anything but an affec- |
Tomato embrace. The keeper pried |
them apart with pair of garden |
shears before any damage was done |
and dumped the small devil-fish in the |
baby fish's nursery, where he is at |
present having the time of his life
A great curio is the Kihikihi Mao |
pilo Or Moorish idol fish. which is fan |
tastically colored in yellow, black and |
white. and sports a long white plume |
which trails behind like a pennant.
This fish is a weak swimmer and in |
rough weather lashes itself to a chunk |
of coral with its queer appendage in |
order to keep itself from being washed
away.