20 Year Old - Foot Long Goldfish (Max) Just Won't Die

[matcom]

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It's like a Terminator with fins.

In the fall of 1985, when the Chicago Bears were dominating opponents en route to their last Super Bowl appearance, 10-year-old Steve Bennett won a dozen goldfish at a school fun fair.

Within a week, all the fish were dead. Except the one called Max.

Today, 19 years later, Max is still very much alive and swimming. He lives in the basement of Bennett's parents' house, and despite a few signs of age -- his eyes are a bit cloudy and one of his gills doesn't work very well -- he isn't slowing down.

"He's a beast," said Bennett, 28, a Mount Prospect native who now lives in Elk Grove Village. "It's like nothing can stop him. We'd go on vacation for a week, and I'd just dump a bunch of food in his bowl. When we got back, he'd be swimming like a champ."

Max was just a few inches long when Bennett took him home. Now, he measures nearly a foot from nose to tail.

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[bushisanidiot]

1. Reminds me of Guido, my killer goldfish

He tormented the other fish in the tank.. biting their tails off. Some of his poor victims committed suicide by jumping out of the tank. I'd find them on the floor when I got home from work.

After killing the other fish off I decided Guido had to go so I gave him to my niece and nephew. Guido ate their fish too. Like me, they tried to starve him to death but he just wouldn't die. I think they finally flushed him down the toilet.. he's probably 20 lbs. by now and lurking in the sewer system somewhere.

[GOPisEvil]

2. He's the Rasputin of fish!

:o

[Fenris]

4. I wonder if he's as "well endowed"...

;)

[Blue-Jay]

5. Part of Rasputin is floating in liquid too!

freaky.

[Emmanuel Goldstein]

3. Actually, golfdish are quite long-lived

Properly cared for, they can outlive a dog. And koi (who can get to be the size of a dog and are astonishingly affectionate) can live for decades.