it's a nemo



When Л and I went to the Sydney Aquarium, we kept hearing some of the younger visitors chant “Dory!” while others were calling out “Nemo!” in honour of the Pixar film Finding Nemo. One particularly cleaver youngster declared “It's a Nemo” when he found a solitary clownfish in a tank. All pretty harmless fun; I enjoyed Nemo because, among other reasons, it was partly set in my favourite harbour city. Today I was skimming the Internets and ran into this article

• www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article4220496.ece

which says that clownfish populations are shrinking thanks to their demand as pets due to the popularity of the film. Who knows if it is true or not, but after seeing all that, shall we say, enthusiasm at the Aquarium, it certainly seems plausible. Apparently they are difficult to breed in captivity.