Segment One.  Fish in the News. More about the IPPCA's pond make over, which was discusses on Pet Fish Talk a few weeks ago. Click here to go to the Listening Guide about Tom Kincheloe's pond that didn't work, until the IPPCA got to work on it. Click here to read Tom's blog about his pond and to see the pictures.       Tom Kincheloe's pond that was the subject of a makeover by the IPPCA.           This picture shows a beautiful stream in Viet Nam that has a myth explaining why it contains so many interesting fish.     More Fish in the News. Exploring the mystical stream of fish. It is said that, during the creation time of world, Ngoc village was suffering from years of bad weather, and the local people were famished. One day, while working in the field, a couple from the village, who had no children, saw an egg with a strange shape. The wife took the egg and put it into the stream, but it was such a strange thing, that she could not let it out of her hand. So she took the egg home and put it in with the chickens, where it hatched and a small snake slithered out. Frightened of the animal, the husband took it and threw it back into the stream, but later when it turned dark, the snake returned to his house. The couple then decided to let the snake live with them. Since then, local people have had enough water for cultivation and hunger was eradicated. The snake is respected as the saviour of the village. Click here to read the entire story.   Oddity Buoys Guppies' Life Expectancy. Somebody after you? Blending into the crowd is usually a good idea. But not if you're a male guppy. The little tropical fish, a staple of freshwater aquariums, survives better in the wild if it has an unusual color pattern, say researchers from the University of Illinois and Lake Forest College. It's been known for a while that these standout male guppies have a second important advantage -- females are more eager to mate with them. "Being the rare guys seems to be good in more than one way," said U. of I. biologist Kimberly Hughes, who led the research reported in the June 1 issue of the journal Nature. The desirability of the "rare guys" as mates was noted by Lake Forest College biologist Anne Houde in her 1997 book Sex, Color and Mate Choice in Guppies. "But it was still a big mystery why, if you go into a stream, the male guppies are fantastically variable," she said. "With trout, for example, they're more or less the same." Click here to the rest of the story.   Segment Two.    Segment Three.    Segment Four.    Thank you. A big sincere thank-you to Kenny from Wisconsin, to Jeff from Florida, and to Evan from Colorado for calling during the show. Tom and Nevin encourage YOU to call Pet Fish Talk during the show and talk about your pet fish.     Download of this Entire Show. Here's how: Right-Click here, then click on "Save Target (or Link) As ...".  Navigate to the folder you prefer, and click on the button labeled "Save". Later you can copy the MP3-file to your iPod or other MP3-player.   Click here to download the PodCast for this show.   You can also burn files to CDs, then play them in a CD-player.  Click here to download the PodCast for this show. Click here to buy an MP3-enabled CD-Player, or click here to buy an MP3-Player, or click here to buy an Apple iPod, which can all play Pet Fish Talk Shows.       There are lots of Pet Fish Talk Shows. Click here now to go to the Archive, where you'll find links to more than 360 Pet Fish Talk Shows.   Click here to go to our Search Page, where you can search for any topic that we have discussed in any show.