Since Unicorn fish aren't kept in aquariums I sincerely doubt this post...oh
you jokesters out there!


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>how do you feel about clown fish?
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>piperrhiannon <piperrhiannon@...> wrote:
>Hi y'all, I just joined this group. Man, can I relate to what some
>of y'all are saying. My unusual phobia:
>
>I'm afraid of fish. Ichthyophobia, perhaps?
>I don't get it, either. When I was little, I loved to go to the
>aquarium (I live not far from the New York Aquarium, which is huge
>and wonderful), but I was afraid of swordfish. Since aquariums tend
>not to have those (or at least, I don't remember ever seeing one), I
>was fine with them. I'd sit on the little shelves that jutted out to
>keep people from leaning on the tank glass and watch the fish in one
>tank for long stretches. I'm sure I bored my parents to death. I
>was deathly afraid of the undersides of rays and of sharks, but those
>don't seem all that abnormal.
>Then one day, I encountered a creature that would change my life
>forever, a fish so absolutely horrifying that its name shall forever
>haunt my nightmares: the unicorn fish. Yes, you heard me right. I'm
>afraid - and I mean AFRAID, I can't even look at a thumbnail image of
>one without having a strong urge to shriek and RUN AWAY as fast as I
>can, possibly while peeing in terror - of something called a "unicorn
>fish." Like it's not humiliating enough to be afraid of fish, but
>the one that inspires true terror has the most benign name you can
>imagine. I don't know what it is about them, something about their
>faces.
>Over the years I've managed to desensitize myself to all other fish -
>most triggerfish (which I find oddly creepy), sharks, rays, even the
>deep sea anglerfish (I'd still rather not look at those, but I CAN
>look at a picture of one without running and hiding), but the fucking
>unicorn fish remains as scary as ever.
>So I'm basically afraid of all fish, but I'm also fascinated with
>them. My true phobia lies in the unicorn fish.
>
>I've got various other phobias, but most of them are
>more "acceptable" and not fears that people mock. Although I have a
>few family members who tease me about my fear of clowns, I find that
>most people don't like those scary beings.
>
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