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A carp swims in the Chidorigafuchi moat covered with petals of cherry blossoms in Tokyo on Friday.

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Hmm - I thought it was a bottle at first!

Some idyllic and opportune sakura pictures in JT this year.

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If the surface of the water is clogged with cherry blossoms, this will inhibit oxygen exchange between the air and the water. Those carp are probably asphyxiating, which would explain why this carp appears to be gasping for oxygen at the surface of the moat (a classic sign of oxygen-deprivation in fish.)

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Way to be a Debbie Downer, Blackbird439...;)

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Maybe if the photo had been a little higher resolution, it might not look such a mess.

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Carp always surface, especially if they see people, they think they're going to be fed.

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@inkochi:

I thought it was a bottle at first!

Ha-ha. That's what I thought, too! Yes, it took me a while to figure out that the bottle was the carp. :‑) Very novel picture. I like it! :‑)

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Great photo.

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